Book Review: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman – By Sumudu Britton Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – June 2023 If an average human lifespan is 80 years, Oliver Burkeman equates that to around 4000 weeks in which to live. A former writer for the Guardian, and self-proclaimed advocate for productivity in his youth complete with weekly planners and to-do lists, in his mid-life, Burkeman is forced to confront the fundamental reality that is the basis of this book: that time is finite. That this is not a practice run for another parcel of time that we will be given. That we will never get to the bottom of our inbox or to-do list. Instead, this is a challenge to stop expecting to find the magic bullet that will make us more efficient and rather accept this reality and instead focus on prioritising how ...
Jun 2, 2023
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