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Untranslatable German Words: Torschlusspanik! | German Language Blog | German Language Blog
There will always be too much to do – and this realisation is liberating. Today more than ever, there’s just no reason to assume any fit between the demands on your time – all the things you would like to do, or feel you ought to do – and the amount of time available. Thanks to capitalism, technology and human ambition, these demands keep increasin
... See moreoliverburkeman.com • Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life
The math involved creates a serious existential dilemma. When there are ten thousand ways to spend your time, having enough time can only mean saying no to the vast majority of the things you’ve imagined yourself one day doing. And that means never becoming most of the people you imagined becoming: the novelist, the world traveler, the dinner party... See more
David Cain • Why There’s Never Enough Time
We are so completely overwhelmed by the pressure of modern living, so preoccupied just with coping, that we often feel incapable of doing anything about any of the problems we see, even in our personal lives. This state is commonly referred to as survival mode.
Jonni Pollard • The Golden Sequence: A Manual for Reclaiming Our Humanity
Germans talk about the phenomenon of das Verschwinden der Zukunft, the disappearance of the future, and a widening gulf between what people hope for and what they think is likely to happen.