How To Stop Making To-Do Lists & Use Your Time For What Actually Matters With Oliver Burkeman

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Productivity researcher Oliver Burkeman shares his best tips for managing your time, being more present, & doing more of what actually fuels you. everything that’s wrong with productivity as we know it how to give your to-do list a makeover to be more productive and in line with your goals and values what we get wrong about what brings us pleasure (and what to do instead) why resting feels so difficult + how to get better at it the single best way to use your time off what it means to “pay yourself first” and how to actually do it a genius way to create more free time (even if you feel like you have none) tips for figuring out how to use your time in ways that will help you avoid regret at the end of your life why you should take your vacations when everyone else is, according to science why you should stop pursuing work/life balance and so much more! For more from Oliver, check out his latest book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals and learn more at www.oliverburkeman.com. To join the Healthier Together Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthiertogetherpodcast. Take advantage of Healthy Convo Co’s Mother’s Day sale! Go to healthyconvo.co and use code MOTHERSDAY for 15% off your entire order. This episode is sponsored by: LMNT: go to DrinkLMNT.com/Liz a to get a free LMNT sample pack with any order. AG1: visit athleticgreens.com/healthiertogether and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. Paleovalley: head over to paleovalley.com and use the code LIZM for 15% off. Seed: go to seed.com/lizmoody and use code LIZMOODY for 40% off your first month. Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Healthier Together podcast.
0:04.8	I'm your host, Liz Moody, and I'm a best-selling author and long-time journalist.
0:08.4	This podcast is all about helping you live your healthiest, happiest life, whether we're
0:11.8	uncovering the hidden elements to happiness, getting doctor-recommended tips for healthier
0:16.4	microbiomes, or learning how to confidently set the boundaries that we need to free up our
0:21.1	time and energy.
0:23.0	And yes, those are all real episodes of any of those topics I'm good to you.
0:26.4	Scroll on back in the archives.
0:28.4	Today I am so excited to welcome Oliver Berkman to the podcast.
0:32.6	Oliver is a well-known author and journalist who writes about social psychology, self-help
0:36.9	culture, productivity, and the science of happiness.
0:40.2	His recent book, 4,000 Weeks is an international mega-best seller.
0:44.6	You've definitely seen it everywhere, and with good reason because it's a completely
0:48.8	unique and needed take on the productivity world.
0:52.2	The title refers to the fact that on average, we have 4,000 weeks to live in our entire
0:57.2	lives, and the book, and this episode is really about recognizing that fact and working
1:02.6	towards making that truly shockingly limited amount of time as satisfying and meaningful
1:07.9	as possible.
1:09.4	If you've ever felt like you go through life checking off the boxes of a seemingly endless
1:13.6	to-do list, and you've wondered, is this what life is supposed to be about?
1:18.0	This episode is going to be so helpful.
1:21.2	It's philosophical but also incredibly pragmatic with thoughts that will rock your world and
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