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I feel too busy! How can we get out of this busyness trap?

video    Oliver Burkeman | Comment is Free    Guardian    31 December 2014

You’re probably thinking you’re too busy

to watch a short video about being too busy.

For those of us who work with information and computers,

there’s no longer a ceiling

on how much we can theoretically get done

and we constantly feel overwhelmed.

So Oliver Burkeman asks: what's the solution?

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxYOWeHU7Pw

trait

negative trait        USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/29/
nx-s1-5022937/jonathan-todd-timid-graphic-novel

busy

I feel too busy!

How can we get out of this busyness trap?

Guardian video    31 December 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxYOWeHU7Pw

dogged        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/03/
business/media/ina-jaffe-npr-dead.html

stand emotionless        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/15/
505723552/jury-finds-dylann-roof-guilty-in-s-c-church-shooting

chuckle        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/15/
505723552/jury-finds-dylann-roof-guilty-in-s-c-church-shooting

shy

shyness        USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/29/
nx-s1-5022937/jonathan-todd-timid-graphic-novel

timid        USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/29/
nx-s1-5022937/jonathan-todd-timid-graphic-novel

timidity        USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/29/
nx-s1-5022937/jonathan-todd-timid-graphic-novel

thoughtfulness        USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/29/
nx-s1-5022937/jonathan-todd-timid-graphic-novel

deliberateness        USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/29/
nx-s1-5022937/jonathan-todd-timid-graphic-novel

reclusive        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/30/
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