Oliver Burkeman | Books & Literature » Non-Fiction
Four Thousand Weeks
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The book Jenni Dawes has recommended the most over the past year. It fuses philosophy, productivity, mindful practices, and provides an entirely new perspective on life and how we spend our time.
Confronting our radical finitude – and how little control we really have – is the key to a fulfilling and meaningfully productive life. Four Thousand Weeks is (I hope!) an entertaining and philosophical but ultimately deeply practical guide to the alternative path of embracing your limits: dropping back down into reality, defying cultural pressures to attempt the impossible, and getting started on what’s gloriously possible instead. It’s about actually getting meaningful things done, here and now, in our work and our lives together – in the clear-eyed understanding that there won’t be time for everything, and that we’ll never eliminate life’s uncertainties.