Set Limits on what you do
There’s too much to do at any one time, too much to research, to watch, to listen to, to enjoy
Accept Any-Decision-Eliminates-Others and narrow down your focus. Set limits on what you will do, Slow-Down and Choose-What-is-Important.
For to do lists for example, try keeping it to Three-projects-only.
This is explored in Four-Thousand-Weeks-by-Oliver-Burkeman-2021.
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Choose one highlight a day
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