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Your real life does not start after the chores, because it already started 🌷

A chubby chenille yarn penguin walking through an open wooden garden gate onto a sunny flower path
Someday Thinking

Do you think, "When these chores are done, my real life will start"?

Chores Return

But even when you finish the chores, new ones come again and again.

⚡ TRY IT
Can you reach the gate of real life?
Finish the chores first… then real life starts. Right?
Real life →
🧺 Laundry 🍽️ Dishes 📧 Emails 🧾 Bills 🧹 Cleaning 🛒 Shopping 📦 Returns 🪴 Water the plants 📱 App updates
✅ Chores done: 0 · 📏 Gate: 10 m away
Tap ✅ to finish the chores.
New chores came! The gate moved further away. 😮
The chores never end… Maybe try the other button? 👀
There was no gate. You were already in real life. 🌷
No Such Day

Oliver Burkeman says that the day your "real life starts" will never come. I am a perfectionist, so this really hit me.

Already Here

Your real life has already started.

📚 I learned this from Oliver Burkeman's newsletter. Read the original (English)
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