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🧠 The Top 1% Zen Monk Shed Theory

🧠 The Top 1% Zen Monk Shed Theory

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

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Jun 21, 2025
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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…

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