Meaningful and fulfilling moments in life are experienced either in hindsight (in recollection) or as flow states (where you cannot be simultaneously aware of being in them through verbal/conscious reflection without breaking the flow), never as moments where you can consciously know you're being meaningfully fulfilled.
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Oliver BurkemanEvidence Quote
“the best times in life are either best in in in recollection in hindsight or they are flow states in the moment which and as we know from flow States right it's like can you be aware that you're in them”
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265 - Time, productivity, and purpose: insights from Four Thousand Weeks | Oliver Burkeman— Peter Attia MDCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:12:21 PM
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