Midweek Reset: The Future Happiness Trap

from Life Examined Hosted by Jonathan Bastian

This week, Oliver Burkeman, journalist and author of Four Thousand Weeks; Time Management for Mortals explores our relationship with time and asks how our common belief that our ultimate happiness or contentment will only happen at some point in the future - perhaps when we’ve got a top job, house or kids- is impacting our sense of happiness and contentment day to day. Get full access to Life Examined at lifeexamined.substack.com/subscribe

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