15: The long road to Essentialism

Essentialism exposes my frequent stumbling blocks—taking on too much, underestimating completion times, and letting the cumulative chaos eat into more precious areas of my life.

Last week I added another year to my life, and, naturally, between the global pandemic and the rallying of minorities against racialised violence, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to how I want to spend this limited blessing.

Some thoughts that have been with me for a few weeks are on Essentialism—and, more specifically— Greg Mckeown’s great book on the…