Ever feel like you’re always racing the clock, never quite on top of things? Oliver Burkeman, author of Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts, shares a refreshingly honest take that could completely change the way you think about productivity. Instead of trying to do it all, he suggests embracing your limits—an approach that might actually bring more peace, purpose, and presence to your daily routine.
In this candid and inspiring discussion, Burkeman dives into the power of small, intentional choices, cultivating a mindset that welcomes challenges, and even seeing interruptions in a whole new light. He encourages letting go of the fantasy that everything will be “sorted” one day, and instead, fully experiencing the richness of the present. It’s a perspective shift that feels both freeing and deeply practical, offering a new way to approach time and priorities with intention.