Obligation, People-Pleasing, and Pillows (Yes, Pillows)

This episode is all about the pressures we feel on our lives and our time (and, to a lesser extent, our necks and our tailbones). Don’t sleep on this one, is what we’re saying.

Live that ComfiLife! Side-sleep with a Hullo pillow!

The “Things We Want to Leave Behind and How to Start a Running Routine” ep we reference.

The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin—there’s also a quiz for that. 

A handful of reads related to parenting (and, sigh, house work): All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior, Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes, Drop the Ball by Tiffany Dufu, and More Work For Mother by Ruth Schwartz Cowan.

An enthusiastic endorsement of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.

Dirt’s “The season of tabs” newsletter by Alex Aciman. WE RELATE.

"The Myth of the Productive Commute" installment of Anne Helen Petersen’s Culture Study newsletter.

Talking about protecting your time with Mimi O Chun and “what happens if you don’t?” with Caroline Moss.

For last-min. presents, might we suggest Secret Menu gift subscriptions? 

Please share your obligation feeeeeelings! 833-632-5463, [email protected], or @athingortwohq!

Try professional counseling with BetterHelp—10% off your first month with our link. Sleep cozy in Printfresh—and get 15% off your first order with the code ATHINGORTWO. YAY.

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