Description
Most of us live as though we have all the time in the world, yet the average human lifespan contains only about four thousand weeks—a sobering reality that demands a radical rethinking of how we spend our days. In this groundbreaking book, Oliver Burkeman challenges the productivity-obsessed culture that promises we can do it all if we just optimize hard enough, revealing instead that the pursuit of perfect time management is itself the trap. Rather than offering another system to squeeze more tasks into your schedule, Burkeman invites you to embrace the finitude of life and accept what you cannot control, arguing that this acceptance is the key to living meaningfully. By confronting our mortality and releasing the illusion that we can master time, we free ourselves to focus on what truly matters and craft a life genuinely worth living. A thought-provoking meditation on mortality, meaning, and what it really means to make the most of our limited time on Earth.
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paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2021
224 pages
ISBN: 9781473545557
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First Published
2021
Language
eng
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