Chris Guillebeau

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Good Life Project · Time Anxiety: Beating the Dread That You’ll Never Get Ahead | Chris Guillebeau · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

Presumably I spent that time somehow, but I couldn't really tell you what it was.

And so that's just a little moment to be like, okay, well, what can I do for the next 40 minutes to find value?

So not so much filling the space always with productivity, although that's okay too.

But as you said, maybe just not making it the default all the time.

I think it's very important to know what that looks like for you.

And the answer could be different for lots of people.

I mean, I think you've done a lot of work on this question and come at it from different approaches and such.

I think in general, a lot of people don't really spend a great deal of time thinking about what they want, what they want to get out of life, what they do value, not just the buzzwords or the five values from the list, but ultimately what is important to them

given the fact that life is short, time is limited, you know, every, every yes means we're saying no to lots of things.

And again, I like, this is, it's an interesting thing because it can feel pressuring and it's not, I think there's a way to make it not feel pressuring.

I think that's really key, you know?

And, uh, like when I wrote this book, I was like, I have to find a way to write this book in a way that doesn't actually make people anxious, you know?

right like this is the thing it's like i need to get through so i can just find the facts and the information then go do it right exactly like i'm even thinking like i'm doing a book tour i'm like preparing for the you know i'm like writing how do i write the talk in a way that is actually going to provide some relief you know that's the whole goal the whole goal is to provide some relief not just make people feel stressed out because they're already stressed out so yeah i think but i do think there's a way to come at these questions in a way that um that provides relief

Yeah.

So I think first things first, for someone who is feeling overwhelmed, who has the sense of, you know, I've got this this restlessness, this time anxiety.

The first thing I think we need to do is is like give yourself time however you can give yourself the gift of time.

I like to think of it like this, like wherever you can just kind of make some even short term decisions to kind of triage and notice what it feels like.

to actually give yourself time.

So if there are things on your calendar, like can you look at your calendar for the next couple of weeks?

Can you take one or two items off?

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