Journalist Oliver Burkeman on Making the Most of the Time That We Have

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🗓️ 7 August 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of the podcast, Ryan talks to journalist and author Oliver Burkeman about his new book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals which releases August 10th, practicing the Stoic concept of memento mori, facing the harsh state of the reality that surrounds us, and more.

Oliver Burkeman is a British journalist (principally for the British newspaper The Guardian) and writer. Between 2006 and 2020 Burkeman wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, This Column Will Change Your Life, and has reported from London, Washington and New York. He has his own blog and has published several books including The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking and HELP!: How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoic podcast early and add free on Amazon music download the app today
0:11.0	Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic each weekday
0:15.3	We bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics
0:19.2	Something to help you live up to those four Stoic virtues of courage justice
0:24.1	Temperance and wisdom and then here on the weekend we take a deeper dive into those same topics
0:30.5	We interview Stoic philosophers we explore at length how these Stoic ideas can be applied to our actual lives
0:40.3	And the challenging issues of our time here on the weekend when you have a little bit more space when things
0:46.9	Have slowed down be sure to take some time to think to go for a walk to sit with your journal and most importantly to prepare for what the week ahead may bring
1:02.3	Hey, it's Ryan Holliday welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic podcast
1:07.3	I have something on a little shelf in my bathroom mirror that I stare at every single day
1:12.0	What it is it's basically it's a I got this from an antitie dealer. It's a chunk of a Victorian tombstone
1:19.3	I don't know how the chunk came to be for sale or what circumstances led to this
1:23.9	I don't want to think about it too much
1:25.3	I hope it was for ethical reasons
1:27.1	But you can only see one word on the tombstone and it just says dad to me
1:33.4	It's like this immediate reminder when I see it in the morning when I see it before bed
1:37.1	And the life is short that we don't have forever that everybody dies
1:42.9	Including parents
1:44.7	Doesn't matter how much you love your kids doesn't matter how successful you are doesn't matter how rich you are we all go
1:50.1	And this is why we can't take time for granted. This is why we can't waste time. I don't know if you can hear this
1:58.8	But that is by memento mori coin which I have in my pocket
2:02.1	That's my other sort of memento mori exercise
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