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Efficiency Is Taking Too Much Time

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Our blog and podcast dive into the real stories and everyday strategies behind building a No Vacation Required life. We challenge outdated norms, share fresh perspectives, and explore what it means to find fulfillment right now—in a world that rarely makes it easy.

Efficiency Is Taking Too Much Time

No Vacation Required

We used to have a mildly shameful routine.

At the end of the afternoon – touching base with each other regarding the day’s progress – we’d often lament all that we didn’t get done.

I remember one time, in particular, when Caanan asked me what I didn’t get to. I proceeded to list, oh, about a week’s worth of projects, beating myself up for not squeezing them into a single day.

(Maybe that happened more than one time.)

Now we have a running joke. When similar unrealistic complaining ensues, one of us will say something like, “It’s a shame you didn’t also start writing that book you wanted to complete today.” We just substitute book with “learn Icelandic,” “design that collection,” or some other outrageous goal.

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