#555: The Liberation of Cosmic Insignificance Therapy — Oliver Burkeman

This special and very short episode requires some back story. Cal
Newport, bestselling author of Deep Work, was the first of
several people to recommend a book to me called Four
Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver
Burkeman (@oliverburkeman). I recently read the book, devoured it
over several days, and captured hundreds of Kindle highlights in
the process. It’s quite unlike anything I’ve ever read, and one
of my favorite chapters was “Cosmic Insignificance Therapy.” Even
by itself, this chapter left me with a profound sense of calm
that lasted several days.


In short, I loved the book, so my team reached out to Oliver to
see if we could publish this chapter on the podcast and blog, and
here we are.


You can find the full text of the chapter over at
tim.blog/cosmic.


The author, Oliver Burkeman, can be found at OliverBurkeman.com,
and you can follow him on Twitter @oliverburkeman. And last but
not least, huge thanks to Macmillan Audio for providing the
audio.


This episode clocks in at around 20 minutes, so my hope is that
you’ll revisit it often when you need a moment of Zen.


Enjoy!


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