Chris Guillebeau

When I came up with the concept for this book, Mike, I think it's, you know, I've been writing books for 15 years. I don't think I've had anything that is as universally resonant. You know, if I would talk to people and they're like, what are you working on? You know, time anxiety, pretty much every person was like, I have that or I identify with that or whatever.

They would immediately start describing what it looks like to them. So I think it's very common. I think it's in the culture. I think there are two types of it. One type is what I call existential, where it's kind of like time is running out. There's not enough time in my life. And the other kind is that day to day. What should I do next? There's not enough time to do everything.

They would immediately start describing what it looks like to them. So I think it's very common. I think it's in the culture. I think there are two types of it. One type is what I call existential, where it's kind of like time is running out. There's not enough time in my life. And the other kind is that day to day. What should I do next? There's not enough time to do everything.

They would immediately start describing what it looks like to them. So I think it's very common. I think it's in the culture. I think there are two types of it. One type is what I call existential, where it's kind of like time is running out. There's not enough time in my life. And the other kind is that day to day. What should I do next? There's not enough time to do everything.

I can't make decisions. I'm just struggling because there's so much to do. So you said, like, are you wrong? I think, well, I think you might have some cognitive distortions that affect your working process, but I don't think you're unusual to feel like, wow, there's this time pressure that I feel all the time. And what is the best remedy for that?

I can't make decisions. I'm just struggling because there's so much to do. So you said, like, are you wrong? I think, well, I think you might have some cognitive distortions that affect your working process, but I don't think you're unusual to feel like, wow, there's this time pressure that I feel all the time. And what is the best remedy for that?

I can't make decisions. I'm just struggling because there's so much to do. So you said, like, are you wrong? I think, well, I think you might have some cognitive distortions that affect your working process, but I don't think you're unusual to feel like, wow, there's this time pressure that I feel all the time. And what is the best remedy for that?

People look at all sorts of productivity advice, and I think that's kind of counterproductive to actually dealing with the real problem.

People look at all sorts of productivity advice, and I think that's kind of counterproductive to actually dealing with the real problem.

People look at all sorts of productivity advice, and I think that's kind of counterproductive to actually dealing with the real problem.

What do I do with that?

What do I do with that?

What do I do with that?

great thing to do whether it's maybe this might not work when you first wake up but any point during out during the day is to just kind of look back i call this your your last 40 minutes okay so you look back and like how did i spend the last 40 minutes i like 40 minutes rather than an hour for some reason it's this really specific amount of time and you can just ask yourself was that time valuable

great thing to do whether it's maybe this might not work when you first wake up but any point during out during the day is to just kind of look back i call this your your last 40 minutes okay so you look back and like how did i spend the last 40 minutes i like 40 minutes rather than an hour for some reason it's this really specific amount of time and you can just ask yourself was that time valuable

great thing to do whether it's maybe this might not work when you first wake up but any point during out during the day is to just kind of look back i call this your your last 40 minutes okay so you look back and like how did i spend the last 40 minutes i like 40 minutes rather than an hour for some reason it's this really specific amount of time and you can just ask yourself was that time valuable

and valuable doesn't only mean productive you know it can mean like you can find value in lots of different ways but you look back and like did i spend that time well and if so great you know and if not well there's all kinds of times during the day that we realize maybe that wasn't the best use of time then I'm going to kind of regroup and do something else.

and valuable doesn't only mean productive you know it can mean like you can find value in lots of different ways but you look back and like did i spend that time well and if so great you know and if not well there's all kinds of times during the day that we realize maybe that wasn't the best use of time then I'm going to kind of regroup and do something else.

and valuable doesn't only mean productive you know it can mean like you can find value in lots of different ways but you look back and like did i spend that time well and if so great you know and if not well there's all kinds of times during the day that we realize maybe that wasn't the best use of time then I'm going to kind of regroup and do something else.

And as for like, you know, waking up and there's all these, all these things. Yeah. I mean, that's like, that's the modern world that we live in. And I think we live in this culture in which there is only one speed, you know, there's only one pace.