Four Thousand Weeks
Time Management for Mortals
The average human life is about four thousand weeks. Not another system for doing more, but an argument for accepting that you never will.
Oliver Burkeman reframes time management around a stark fact: the average human life is only about four thousand weeks. Rather than another productivity system for doing more, he argues we should accept our finitude, abandon the fantasy of getting everything done, and choose deliberately what to neglect. Drawing on philosophy and psychology, he offers a liberating, occasionally counterintuitive case for embracing limits and being present. A thoughtful antidote to hustle culture and the anxiety of endless to-do lists.
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Ali Abdaal
Video · January 2022
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