It’s just January 15th, and I suspect I’ve just read the best writing about productivity I’ll see all year.
I wanted to quote from Oliver Burkeman’s latest piece for The Guardian, but… there’s too much. With his usual wit and calm-headed reason, he keeps landing hits that make me think “Wow! Yes!”
When so many articles are simply stating yawningly, annoyingly obvious truisms, and AI is delivering foamy chicken nuggets of averaged thought, it’s an utter delight to encounter a writer like Burkeman, who not only has an incisive mind but also writes with such personality.
I highly recommend this piece:
The secret to being happy in 2026? It’s far, far simpler than you think…