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Season 1
Oliver explains why many of the problems we experience in modern life are problems of time and poor time management strategies.
Oliver explains why many of the problems we experience in modern life are problems of time and poor time management strategies.
Coming to terms with our finite time can be difficult. Oliver highlights the problem with the busyness epidemic.
Coming to terms with our finite time can be difficult. Oliver highlights the problem with the busyness epidemic.
Oliver looks at our modern concept of time and how it compares with the experience of medieval peasants.
Oliver looks at our modern concept of time and how it compares with the experience of medieval peasants.
Learn time management tips and how to navigate everyday issues like the never-ending inbox.
Learn time management tips and how to navigate everyday issues like the never-ending inbox.
Learn how the allure of the future mindset can tempt you away from living in the moment.
Learn how the allure of the future mindset can tempt you away from living in the moment.
Oliver debunks conventional time management techniques, instead recommending a shift in perspective.
Oliver debunks conventional time management techniques, instead recommending a shift in perspective.
Discover the three rules of procrastination and understand the difference between 'good' and 'bad' procrastination.
Discover the three rules of procrastination and understand the difference between 'good' and 'bad' procrastination.
Pay attention to how modern conveniences can sometimes rob us of life's little pleasures.
Pay attention to how modern conveniences can sometimes rob us of life's little pleasures.
Discover the delight of making your mind up and just how liberating it can be.
Discover the delight of making your mind up and just how liberating it can be.
Look at life as a menu: an exciting list of options we are lucky enough to choose from. So much better than the dreaded to-do list.
Look at life as a menu: an exciting list of options we are lucky enough to choose from. So much better than the dreaded to-do list.
Oliver looks at the effects of social media and living in an attention economy, while offering tips to navigate it.
Oliver looks at the effects of social media and living in an attention economy, while offering tips to navigate it.
Lean into the cringe to combat defence mechanisms. If it feels awkward, it probably means you're doing something meaningful.
Lean into the cringe to combat defence mechanisms. If it feels awkward, it probably means you're doing something meaningful.
One effective time management tool is to start healthy habits by just looking at that first time you try it.
One effective time management tool is to start healthy habits by just looking at that first time you try it.
How Oliver learned the art of patience and how you can develop a taste for problem solving.
How Oliver learned the art of patience and how you can develop a taste for problem solving.
Let's be honest, planning can be a form of procrastination. Here's how, and how not, to use planning techniques.
Let's be honest, planning can be a form of procrastination. Here's how, and how not, to use planning techniques.
How to stay sane yet engaged in the current climate of bad news.
How to stay sane yet engaged in the current climate of bad news.
1x17
Timewasting For Beginners: Hobbies And The Radicalism Of Rest
Episode overview
Learn how to enjoy leisure for its own sake, not to achieve more and become better.
Learn how to enjoy leisure for its own sake, not to achieve more and become better.
Keeping time with others is the route to communal happiness. A warning to digital nomads on how to manage time!
Keeping time with others is the route to communal happiness. A warning to digital nomads on how to manage time!
You don't need to put a dent in the universe! Take that pressure off with Oliver's philosophical insights.
You don't need to put a dent in the universe! Take that pressure off with Oliver's philosophical insights.
This reassuring lesson helps us understand imposter syndrome and the fact that no one really has it together.
This reassuring lesson helps us understand imposter syndrome and the fact that no one really has it together.
So what chocolate should you pick from the box of life? Oliver suggests you choose discomfort.
So what chocolate should you pick from the box of life? Oliver suggests you choose discomfort.
You are ready to begin now. Embrace your new perspective on time and the importance of time management.
You are ready to begin now. Embrace your new perspective on time and the importance of time management.
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