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The Guardian

5 mins | May 13, 2020

The best thing you can do to make the world a better place? Sometimes the answer is nothing

Sometimes simply not screwing things up is enough. Don’t be fooled into overachieving, argues Oliver Burkeman in the Guardian. For him, adding extra pressure on ourselves to go beyond a straightforward task, goal or mission can be detrimental to our mental wellbeing. Instead, he calls us to realise that we have a limit, and sometimes the consequences of not doing something can be more positive than doing it too much.