Bill Cypher on Nostr: Go read Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. ...

Go read Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman.

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The weirdest part about modern overwhelm is that even when nothing is happening, we immediately find something to “happen”

I see every space getting filled.

Waiting in line? Phone.
Eating? YouTube.
Driving? Podcast.
Walking? Headphones.
Feeling something uncomfortable? Better find something productive to do.

We’ve basically engineered a world where you can go years without having a quiet conversation with yourself.

And then wonder why you don’t know what you want.

Humans lived for thousands of years with long stretches of NOTHING happening.

Walking across land. Watching weather roll in. Sitting around fire. Looking at each other (in the eyes). Listening to animals.

Letting the mind wander without immediately feeding it another dopamine snack.

Maybe boredom is actually cool.

MAYBE it was where we actually heard ourselves.

So ask yourself something beyond your next go go go spasm:

What pace do I ACTUALLY want my life to move at?

Because you can build an “impressive” life that your nervous system secretly wants to escape from.

I’d rather have less noise, more sun, more birdsong, gentle meals, deeper conversations, bare feet, ridiculous laughter, meaningful work and enough empty space to remember I’m a human being.

Not a fucking productivity machine.