I don't know anyone who does not feel the pressure of time. This feeling may stem from the need to complete all one's daily tasks or from the desire to achieve long-term goals within one's lifetime. In my case, I feel both pressures.

Chris Guillebeau's 2025 book "Time Anxiety" addresses these pressures.

Here is some of his advice:

- Schedule transition time between your appointments, so you have time to prepare
- Allow a few extra minutes to travel than you think you might need. Avoid doing last-minute tasks before you head out the door.
- Not every task has to be accomplished with excellence. Some things can be good enough, leaving more time for higher-priority activities.

Most of his advice revolves around deciding what is important to you, focusing on things that support that, and deproritizing unimportant things. For example, it is not necessary to finish a book or movie if you are not enjoying it or not getting anything from it. Ask yourself how you will feel about a decision ten years from now. That may help you to decide.

The best advice I read here was in addressing overwhelming negative thoughts, which everyone experiences sometimes. Guillebeau advises us to focus on the positive - to remember a time you faced a similar challenge and succeeded.

"Time Anxiety" is not a bad book. The author provides simple, straightforward, and concise advice on managing time. But nearly all of it is common sense, and I think I am already doing all his recommendations.