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The Imperfectionist: Five Short Thoughts
Oliver Burkeman
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Oct 2025
First this week, a reminder that I’m doing six events in the US from Monday to mark the paperback publication of MEDITATIONS FOR MORTALS, visiting New York City, Boston, Austin, the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Seattle!
4 Oct 2025
To generate ideas, get better at noticing. A truth I’d already been stumbling towards was clarified for me by Rob Bell, in his excellent audio course Something to Say: When it comes to amassing a stockpile of ideas to write or speak about, or otherwise to use in your creative work, by far the most important thing is just to get into the habit of noticing things and making some record of them.