🧠 The Top 1% Zen Monk Shed Theory

(A Tough Love Guide to Getting Unstuck and Getting Getting Shit Done)

You’re not lazy. You’re not broken.

You need to go into your shed.

WTF is the Shed?

In Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman shares a concept from Zen monk Paul Loomans:

The Shed Theory

The shed is a metaphor for the part of your mind you avoid — the emotional clutter stuffed with:

👉 Half-finished ideas
👉 Unfulfilled dreams
👉 Unspoken shame
👉 The true creativ…