The Real Reason You Always Feel Behind in Life

Are you constantly overwhelmed by your to-do list? Obsessed with productivity hacks? Always feel like you’re falling behind?

Trevor and Eugene sit down with author and journalist Oliver Burkeman to rethink our relationship with time, success, and control.

They unpack why perfectionism can make us miserable, the surprising value of “good procrastination,” and why choosing what to fail at might actually be a good thing.

Along the way, they explore the psychology behind our social media facades, how modern conveniences have made us less patient, and whether the secret to getting more out of life might be accepting that we can’t do everything.

Watch now and let us know in the comments: What are you willing to stop trying to do?

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00:00 — Trevor's Favorite Book
00:45 — The Strangest Conversation About Airplane Beds
04:30 — Why 4,000 Weeks Changes Everything
08:00 — The Problem With Optimizing Your Life
10:00 — You Can't Control Your Time
11:30 — Why Trevor Deleted Social Media
14:00 — Choosing What to Fail At
17:00 — What Oliver Gave Up to Live Differently
19:00 — Why Trevor Blames the Lottery
23:00 — The Problem With Everyone Finding “The One”
27:00 — Why Your To-Do List Is Impossible
30:00 — The Liberation of Defeat
34:00 — Acceptance vs. Resignation
42:00 — Why Waiting Makes Us So Angry
48:00 — Why We Hate Waiting
50:00 — Technology Gave Us Too Much Control
54:00 — Why Everything Becomes the New Normal
58:00 — How to Choose What Actually Matters
1:03:00 — A Simple Productivity System That Actually Works
1:07:00 — What Oliver Learned to Let Go Of
1:09:00 — Why We Keep Consuming Things We Don't Want
1:12:00 — The “GLP-1 for Life”
1:14:00 — What 4,000 Weeks Really Changed
1:16:00 — What’s Next for Oliver