British writer Oliver Burkeman has investigated pretty much every productivity hack, mindfulness trick, list-making system and happiness boost we've ever been fed. He concludes, almost none work. Ha!I followed Oliver's column in The Guardian, which he wrote from his home in Brooklyn, New York, for about 10 years and he is definitely my favourite anti-self-help self-help writer!It's been a few years since his last book, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, and just as I found myself asking where Oliver Burkeman was at since quitting his popular column last year, I noticed he had a new book out that makes the startling point - we have a very short time on this planet, about Four Thousand Weeks (also the title of the book).  This is the wild idea we discuss in this episode. Oliver asks life is short, so what are you going to do about it? Here are the references from our chat: The Pomodoro timer app herehttps://zapier.com/blog/best-pomodoro-apps/ Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman herehttps://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/1922147656/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=247&creative=1211&creativeASIN=1922147656&linkCode=as2&tag=sarahwilsonau-22&linkId=314bf030d7fd75b00831808ccfedfcfb 

Favourite Wild with Sarah Wilson on the LiSTNR app herehttps://www.listnr.com/podcasts/wild-with-sarah-wilson Find out more about Sarah Wilson: www.sarahwilson.comGet your copy of Sarah Wilson's book This One Wild and Precious Life: A hopeful path forward in a fractured world herehttps://amzn.to/3vs3tf2 

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