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Northcote Parkinson = British historian and author; coined Parkinson’s law<br /> | Charlotte Joko Beck = American Zen teacher; influential in modern mindfulness practice<br /> | Cornell = American university; Ivy League institution<br /> | Douglas Hofstadter = American cognitive scientist and author; studies analogy and consciousness<br /> | Ecclesiastes = Hebrew Bible book; reflections on meaning and vanity<br /> | England = Country; part of the United Kingdom<br /> | Evening Standard = British newspaper; London-based daily<br /> | Facebook = Social media platform; owned by Meta Platforms<br /> | Farrar, Straus and Giroux = American book publisher; literary imprint of Macmillan<br /> | Financial Times = British newspaper; global business and finance coverage<br /> | Four Thousand Weeks = 2021 nonfiction book by Oliver Burkeman; time and finitude<br /> | Gödel, Escher, Bach = 1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter; mind, math, and patterns<br /> | Grand Valley State University = American public university; based in Michigan<br /> | Great Pause = Informal term for pandemic lockdown period; reduced activity worldwide<br /> | Helsinki = Capital city of Finland<br /> | Hofstadter’s Law = Adage; projects take longer than expected, even accounting for the law<br /> | Iddo Landau = Israeli philosopher; writes on meaning in life<br /> | James Hollis = American Jungian psychotherapist and author<br /> | Josef Pieper = German philosopher; wrote Leisure: The Basis of Culture<br /> | Martin Heidegger = German philosopher; author of Being and Time<br /> | Mary Oliver = American poet; Pulitzer Prize winner<br /> | Michelangelo = Italian Renaissance artist; sculptor, painter, architect<br /> | Mumbai = Indian city; financial center of India<br /> | Natural Parents = Parenting approach; responsive routines emphasizing child-led cues<br /> | New England School of Photography = Photography school; Boston-based arts institution<br /> | New York City = American city; largest city in the United States<br /> | New York Times = American newspaper; national daily based in New York<br /> | Observer = British newspaper; Sunday sister paper to The Guardian<br /> | Oliver Burkeman = British journalist and author; wrote Four Thousand Weeks<br /> | Penguin/Vintage = UK paperback imprint; division of Penguin Random House<br /> | planning fallacy = Cognitive bias; underestimating task duration and complexity<br /> | Rosetta Stone = Ancient granodiorite stele; key to deciphering Egyptian scripts<br /> | Royal Caribbean = Cruise line company; global passenger shipping brand<br /> | Sabbath = Weekly day of rest; observed in Judaism and Christianity<br /> | Stanford Law School = American law school; part of Stanford University<br /> | Steve Jobs = American entrepreneur; Apple cofounder and CEO<br /> | Sunday Times = British newspaper; weekly national Sunday broadsheet<br /> | Take Back Your Time = North American campaign; advocates for work-life balance<br /> | Tao Te Ching = Classical Chinese text; foundational Taoist scripture<br /> | The Atlantic = American magazine; politics, culture, and ideas<br /> | The Economist = British magazine; weekly international news and business<br /> | The Guardian = British newspaper; national daily<br /> | The Wall Street Journal = American newspaper; business and finance focus<br /> | TIME = American magazine; weekly news and culture<br /> | This Column Will Change Your Life = Guardian psychology column; long-running self-improvement series<br /> | United Kingdom = Country; sovereign state comprising England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland<br /> | United States = Country; federal republic in North America<br /> | Upstream = 2016 essay collection by Mary Oliver; nature and creativity<br /> | University of Florida = American public university; Gainesville-based research institution<br /> | Warren Buffett = American investor; Berkshire Hathaway chairman<br /> | William Stanley Jevons = British economist; early marginalist and energy analyst<br /> | #default = Hi reader, have a great day! 😎<br /> }}<br /> &lt;/includeonly&gt;&lt;noinclude&gt;{{documentation}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div>

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