Quick Win: How to spend less time worrying
An episode of the How I Work podcast, hosted by Amantha Imber, titled "Quick Win: How to spend less time worrying" was published on May 26, 2025 and runs 6 minutes.
May 26, 2025 ·6m · How I Work
Episode Description
Worrying can take up so much of our time, especially when most of what we worry about never actually happens.
This worrying uses up time that could be better spent on the things that truly count, but how can we reduce this and actually free up that time?
Oliver Burkeman is a New York Times bestselling author of books such as ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals’ and ‘Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts’. Oliver is also a regular columnist for The Guardian.
Oliver shares:
- 🧬 The evolutionary reason we worry and why it doesn’t serve us effectively in a modern world
- 🤔 Why understanding why we worry is the first step to minimising the amount of time it takes up
- 🛠️ Some key strategies we can all use to reduce our time spent worrying
Listen to the full interview with Oliver here: https://amantha.com/podcasts/want-to-make-time-for-the-things-that-count/
Connect with Oliver via his website, or get his latest book, Meditations for Mortals, here
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Credits:
Host: Amantha Imber
Sound Engineer: The Podcast Butler
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