You are going to die – so stop trying to hustle your way out of it
The author of the bestselling anti-self-help treatise ‘Four Thousand Weeks’ has a new book of mediations that can help you enjoy the ride while it lasts.
The average human lifespan,” Oliver Burkeman begins his 2021 mega–bestseller, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, “is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short.”
In that relatively brief period, he does not want you to maximise your output at work or optimise your leisure activities for supreme enjoyment. He does not want you to wake up at 5am or block out your schedule in a strictly labelled timeline.
