Cuatro mil semanas: Gestión del tiempo para mortales
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2021 Financial Times Books of the Year
An Instant New York Times Best Seller
This program is read by the author。
Time is our biggest worry: There is too little of it。 The acclaimed Guardian writer Oliver Burkeman offers a lively， entertaining philosophical guide to time and time management， setting aside superficial efficiency solutions in favor of reckoning with and finding joy in the finitude of human life。
The average human lifespan is absurdly， insultingly brief。 Assuming you live to be eighty， you have just over four thousand weeks。
Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time。 We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists， our overfilled inboxes， work-life balance， and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient， and “life hacks” to optimize our days。 But such techniques often end up making things worse。 The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense， and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon。 Still， we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks。
Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers， psychologists， and spiritual teachers， Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining， humorous， practical， and ultimately profound guide to time and time management。 Rejecting the futile modern fixation on “getting everything done，” Four Thousand Weeks introduces listeners to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude， showing how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable， unchanging truths， but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society - and that we could do things differently。
An Instant New York Times Best Seller
This program is read by the author。
Time is our biggest worry: There is too little of it。 The acclaimed Guardian writer Oliver Burkeman offers a lively， entertaining philosophical guide to time and time management， setting aside superficial efficiency solutions in favor of reckoning with and finding joy in the finitude of human life。
The average human lifespan is absurdly， insultingly brief。 Assuming you live to be eighty， you have just over four thousand weeks。
Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time。 We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists， our overfilled inboxes， work-life balance， and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient， and “life hacks” to optimize our days。 But such techniques often end up making things worse。 The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense， and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon。 Still， we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks。
Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers， psychologists， and spiritual teachers， Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining， humorous， practical， and ultimately profound guide to time and time management。 Rejecting the futile modern fixation on “getting everything done，” Four Thousand Weeks introduces listeners to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude， showing how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable， unchanging truths， but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society - and that we could do things differently。
Reviews
a random hopeless romantic
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"our modern way of thinking about time is so deeply entrenched that we forget it even is a way of thinking: we're like the proverbial fish who have no idea what water is， because it surrounds them completely"as a person who is constantly feeling like they're running out of time， this was nice。 it didn't change something or suddenly make me go like 'oh！ i won't have any existential crises anymore' after reading but it gave me a new perspective。 was kinda repetitive and slow but still nice to read "our modern way of thinking about time is so deeply entrenched that we forget it even is a way of thinking: we're like the proverbial fish who have no idea what water is， because it surrounds them completely"as a person who is constantly feeling like they're running out of time， this was nice。 it didn't change something or suddenly make me go like 'oh！ i won't have any existential crises anymore' after reading but it gave me a new perspective。 was kinda repetitive and slow but still nice to read。 。。。more
Melanie
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Literally life-changing。 Maybe I just listened to this at the perfect time I’m my life but I really took it to heart and made some changes。 I also found the history of how we measure time fascinating。 I definitely recommend listening over reading。
Cliff Dolph
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The subtitle of Oliver Burkeman's "Four Thousand Weeks" is "Time Management for Mortals。" It's a self-help kind of title， a genre of books I tend to avoid on principle。 Why is that？ I suppose it's because I perceive self-help books to be trivial （about specific practical details， rather than about large and significant ideas）， self-serving （how can I make *my* life better， as opposed to making the world better）， and boring。 Maybe I've been wrong and there are more self-help books like this one， The subtitle of Oliver Burkeman's "Four Thousand Weeks" is "Time Management for Mortals。" It's a self-help kind of title， a genre of books I tend to avoid on principle。 Why is that？ I suppose it's because I perceive self-help books to be trivial （about specific practical details， rather than about large and significant ideas）， self-serving （how can I make *my* life better， as opposed to making the world better）， and boring。 Maybe I've been wrong and there are more self-help books like this one， or maybe Burkeman's book is actually an anti-self-help book。 In any case， I found it profound and compelling。The book's subtitle might set up expectations for a manual telling readers how to get more done。 Maybe it's designed to create that expectation， to lure desperate readers in and then give them。。。not that。 If there's one point that rises to the top out of the ideas in this book， it is that we can't possibly get it all done。 Accept it， Burkeman argues， and then live accordingly。With compassionate realism and stories that are often humorous and sometimes moving， Burkeman builds a convincing case that our approach to time （always striving to get on top of *everything*） is a recipe for madness， or at least for exhaustion and despair。 And he offers thoughtful advice （so yes， this is to some extent a self-help book） for how to adjust our attitude toward time so as to optimize our use of it。 I don't know if that advice will impact my life enough that I end up counting this among the books that have changed my life， but it might。 For right now， at least， it has me asking myself what really matters to me， and also feeling less stressed about various things that I can't seem to stay on top of （like the yard）。 But then， I'm a teacher on summer vacation， so this is generally not a stressful time of life。It's as a teacher that I decided to read this book。 I became aware of it a few months back when my wife was listening to the audio book， and I overheard significant portions while we walked our dog in the evenings。 It struck me then as engaging and deeply significant， and I started considering it as a possible reading selection for my College Writing students。 With that possibility in mind， I decided to read it for myself start to finish。Will I assign it next year？ On the plus side， Burkeman models effective ways to write about big ideas as well as ways to present evidence （which， in his book， is a wonderful blend of the study findings and philosophical references and some pop culture material）。 Meanwhile， his theme （how to live life in the face of its brevity） is highly relevant to high school seniors thinking about what to do with the rest of their lives （and feeling a lot of pressure about it）。 As I discussed with last year's seniors， it's no accident that many poems commonly read at graduation events point to the eventuality of death--it's a valuable lens through which to consider one's future。 Given that I will die all too soon， how should I live？ There aren't many more important questions than that。On the down side， Burkeman insists that this is it。 These 4000 weeks （thereabouts） that we get on Earth are the end of the story。 But I teach in a school created to instill in its students the Blessed Hope--that there will be， following the end of this world， a perfect eternity。 I have some hesitation in assigning a book that doesn't take such a future into account。 Then again， I'm not convinced that we ought to change our approach to this life just because of the one to come。 We should， for example， strive to save the environment even if we believe that the end of all things is near。 We should treat our fellow humans with dignity and respect even if we don't believe that we will someday be held to account for our treatment of them because the world will be a better place if we act as if we will be brought to account。 And of course， this is a college class I'm considering this book for， and students in such a class should be prepared to deal with ideas that conflict with their own （or for the occasional profanity that Burkeman uses）。Will they find it interesting？ I'm not always a good predictor of that。 I thought they would be engaged by Cassandra Tate's "Unsettled Ground，" but many of them found it boring。 As Burkeman reinforces （too often？） his main point about the impossibility of doing everything， will students start to feel like they've been there， read that？ Will they get bored？ They might， but I think his writing is vigorous enough and his ideas universally important enough that they will read with interest。 And in any case， it's good to push them （a little anyway）。So probably yes--I will likely assign it。 Whether I do or not， I certainly recommend it to other mortals。 。。。more
Hetal
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This is an honest and simple observation on how we understand and handle time。 The book doesnt preach， it simply objectively articulates what we are all thinking。 Some bits of the book are hilarious - especially the sarcasm。 This is an easy read， and an enjoyable one。
Hani
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This could be subtitled， “The confessions of a productivity geek”。 The quest to being more productive， more efficient， more effective， of doing more in less time， to manage your time， to multitask… is chasing a mirage， and living for the future， missing the present。 The more productive we are， the more work that needs to be done。 A hundred years ago they said if only they could invent machines that could help us do the housework， washing and cooking， we’d have more time for ourselves and be less This could be subtitled， “The confessions of a productivity geek”。 The quest to being more productive， more efficient， more effective， of doing more in less time， to manage your time， to multitask… is chasing a mirage， and living for the future， missing the present。 The more productive we are， the more work that needs to be done。 A hundred years ago they said if only they could invent machines that could help us do the housework， washing and cooking， we’d have more time for ourselves and be less stressed。 In the Middle Ages it was probably the worst time to be alive: mortality rates were extremely low， diseases rampant， inequality between classes huge， and chances are you would be a serf serving a master… but no-one would complain of “not having enough time” to do things。The book is about embracing our limitations， acknowledging we cannot do everything， saying “no” （but saying no to things we don’t like is easy; it is about saying no to things we do like that is important） and living in the moment。 Deciding on what to do is actually simultaneously deciding on what *not* to do - be at peace with that （the etymology of “decide” has the suffix “cide” meaning to strike or kill， eg homicide， genocide， suicide）。It is a tribute to slowing down and doing less。 And of JOMO （the Joy of Missing Out）。 Thought-provoking book。 Well researched， with many stories， quotations and anecdotes。 I might not agree with everything he said， but everything he said resonated with me and made me think of things I took for granted， never gave a second thought or just did ritualistically。 Things that needed rethinking。Worth a read。 But best read with a pen and paper at hand。 Oh， and take your time。 。。。more
Brianne
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Honestly SO good。 Reframed so much of how I view my time- but not in a cheap， time-hack way- that we all know won’t stick。 Would be a great book to discuss in a book club。
Quanti
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I wish I could read it over and over again。 But at least I can repeat the five questions at the end of the book。 Read it - and ask yourself about them。
Ricardo Shimoda
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This is a book more about the philosophy of "managing" time （or more， as to becoming time） and understanding this relationship we have with it， with what's left of it。 It debunks a lot of myths and， through making us face terrible truths about life， frees us （in a certain way） from several self-imposed constraints and worries。 Several techniques are also provided to have a healthier relationship with time。I think it's one of those special books we need to read and re-read from time to time to re This is a book more about the philosophy of "managing" time （or more， as to becoming time） and understanding this relationship we have with it， with what's left of it。 It debunks a lot of myths and， through making us face terrible truths about life， frees us （in a certain way） from several self-imposed constraints and worries。 Several techniques are also provided to have a healthier relationship with time。I think it's one of those special books we need to read and re-read from time to time to relearn and reapply some of its teachings。 。。。more
Nick
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This was uncomfortable to listen to – in a good way， I guess？
Cagatay
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Amaan Pirani
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The anti-time management book I needed。 As someone who is incredibly structured （i。e。 plans days to the hour days in advance， etc。） this philosophical diatribe is just what I need。 Burkeman used to be just like me - obsessed with aggressively optimizing not just his day - but also his future， by meticulously planning future scenarios。 In this text Burkeman has a strong amalgamation of nuggets of wisdom - some that I liked:1。 in the grand scheme of things everyones mark on。 Universe will fade。 Th The anti-time management book I needed。 As someone who is incredibly structured （i。e。 plans days to the hour days in advance， etc。） this philosophical diatribe is just what I need。 Burkeman used to be just like me - obsessed with aggressively optimizing not just his day - but also his future， by meticulously planning future scenarios。 In this text Burkeman has a strong amalgamation of nuggets of wisdom - some that I liked:1。 in the grand scheme of things everyones mark on。 Universe will fade。 This is important because oftentimes people have the "immortality project" of making aark on the world。 Furthermore， very few people， even make a short lasting impact on the world。 2。 Plans are often about exterting a feeling of control over the future when In fact plans can only do so much。 You don't have control over the future。 And as Alan watts argues - there is wisdom in accepting insecurity。 3。 "You want to know my secret to happiness" "I don't care what happens" 4。 The present moment is all we can control - and the question is what will we do right now。 5。 Planning is still important to increase probability over future 6。 If we go back to who we are today a lot of it is happenstance。 In fact who we are today wasn't usually much a result of self planning。 7。 All we can do is trust ourselves to make highest probability bets 8。 Boredom is often about not accepting finitude 9。 A lot of people use time as an instrument for the future。 10。 Atelic activities: activities like hiking just done for themselves Or if you play a sport not because you want to become a professional， impress others， and the like， but because you like it。 The activity is its own reward。 And — unlike the telic case — it’s potentially endlessly renewable。 A telic activity on the other hand runs out （i。e。 getting a job， etc。） Optimally you'd have a mix of telic and atelic activities。 Arguably the most important atelic activities in a human being’s life are spending time with your partner， your children （if you have any）。 And they are pleasurable， meaningful， and potentially last a lifetime。 。。。more
Deborah Spurdle
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Felt like a waste of time reading it 😪
Theshane Nithiyeswaran
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One of the best books I’ve ever read。
Mark U
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An interesting book with some pretty thought-provoking ideas。 Worth spending one of your 4000 weeks on…
Shannon McCullar
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Started very strong with some new perspectives。 Well written and thoughtful。 Lost steam in the final chapters。 Still worth the read if you have time。
Maria Pina
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Maravilloso libro que desmonta las ideas clásicas que prometen alcanzar altos niveles de productividad。 La mejor gestión del tiempo es asumir que nuestro tiempo es muy limitado， y que debemos aprovecharlo de la mejor manera para ser felices。 Muy inspirador， creo que habría que leerlo 1 vez al año。
Shirelle Weetman-Jones
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A little repetitive but some generally interesting and useful observations about how we see time in modern life。 Would recommend to anyone who needs a reminder that we have limited control over life and you will never be able to do everything。
Connor
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This book does a good job not offering cheap tricks and life hacks to solve your time management problems。 Instead， it focuses on understanding the idea of “time management” and how unhelpful thinking and unrealistic expectations are a major source of our pain。
Zeb
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40% 3 star， 50% 4 star， and 10% 5 star。
Kimberly
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I don't know if it was just my mood but this book bugged me。 It seems to vacillate between we can take control of our lives and make progress versus it's all futile and we should just super lower our expectations。 I don't know if it was just my mood but this book bugged me。 It seems to vacillate between we can take control of our lives and make progress versus it's all futile and we should just super lower our expectations。 。。。more
Zuzana Kadecká
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Nic informacne prevratne， ak uz mate precitanych napriklad nejakych stoikov。 Ale nezaskodi si obcas pripomenut， ze maximalna produktivita， nie je to， co nam prinesie zivotne stastie， ze ciel nie je vsetko stihat a ze sa treba aj vys*ac na robotu。
Taylor Ball
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Kobo 7。2 hours
Amanda Bandeira Klapper
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Quick to read and not a step-by-step “do this” type of book。 I was not expecting a book that would make me think about life， time and even the universe。 I am taking very good learnings with me and trying to apply a change of mindset that the book inspires。 Recommend 100%
Lyndsey Bradley
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Surprisingly reliving to think about the fact that it doesn't really matter， in the grand scheme of things。 Things take as long as they take and rushing them just proves that we only have very limited control over most things。 The most important thing is just， to be。 Surprisingly reliving to think about the fact that it doesn't really matter， in the grand scheme of things。 Things take as long as they take and rushing them just proves that we only have very limited control over most things。 The most important thing is just， to be。 。。。more
Jessica Hambrick
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It offered solid advice on not having anxiety about schedules and essentially sums it all up by saying “It doesn't matter。” While this approach is ideal， I don't believe it to be realistic。 The entirety of the book could've been summed up in one article or a few sentences。 It was a pleasant listen， but honestly nothing new I haven't heard before。 It offered solid advice on not having anxiety about schedules and essentially sums it all up by saying “It doesn't matter。” While this approach is ideal， I don't believe it to be realistic。 The entirety of the book could've been summed up in one article or a few sentences。 It was a pleasant listen， but honestly nothing new I haven't heard before。 。。。more
Vinka Maharani
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Reading the book makes me feel like listening to my local-native work colleague joking in self critiquing， self-deprecating and bittersweet tone。 And some of it hits deep， anyway。 The book is talking about acceptance。 Accepting the flawed， finite， mortal human。Burkeman's main critique in the book is to challenge the common notion about time: we see our relationship with time is instrumental。 Why is it important？ Because when it happens， the present moment starts to lose its meaning。 I love the Reading the book makes me feel like listening to my local-native work colleague joking in self critiquing， self-deprecating and bittersweet tone。 And some of it hits deep， anyway。 The book is talking about acceptance。 Accepting the flawed， finite， mortal human。Burkeman's main critique in the book is to challenge the common notion about time: we see our relationship with time is instrumental。 Why is it important？ Because when it happens， the present moment starts to lose its meaning。 I love the analogy and also the stories told in the book。 It seems so far， and （seems like） it has nothing to do with the philosophical angle of time matters。 But then Burkeman successfully used them as a model， or sometimes as the inversion， to explain the problem and offer the solutions from it。 He's also inversing many common sense， and the non-sensical too， regarding our relationship with time。 If you're ready to be challenged by ideas， thoughts， questions which stay in the opposite spectrum of your mind about time， this book suits you。 。。。more
Katherine Nally
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What I took away from this is it isn’t possible to do everything in our day， it just isn’t， and if we keep acting like it is we’ll always be dissatisfied with ourselves and our lives。 The way to maintain sanity is to really internalize that it isn’t possible for us to do everything， and purposefully choose where we will fail or do the bare minimum so we can focus where we want to focus。
Spencer
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I personally already mostly live by the core principles espoused in the book but I’m a weirdo and most people haven’t even considered these useful， important， and radical mental frameworks and would profit greatly by reading it。
Tom
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In Four Thousand Weeks， Burkeman provides a personal， historical， meditative， and philosophical approach to time management - one that’s based on the short amount of time we have in this life。 A great recommendation from my wife。 I loved this book and I’m already looking forward to revisiting it。 His wide-ranging lessons quote from Viktor Frankl， Mary Oliver， Warren Buffett， Thich Nhat Hanh， Seneca， and more。 Here’s a few passages:“The world is bursting with wonder， and yet it’s the rare product In Four Thousand Weeks， Burkeman provides a personal， historical， meditative， and philosophical approach to time management - one that’s based on the short amount of time we have in this life。 A great recommendation from my wife。 I loved this book and I’m already looking forward to revisiting it。 His wide-ranging lessons quote from Viktor Frankl， Mary Oliver， Warren Buffett， Thich Nhat Hanh， Seneca， and more。 Here’s a few passages:“The world is bursting with wonder， and yet it’s the rare productivity guru who seems to have considered the possibility that the ultimate point of all our frenetic doing might be to experience more of that wonder。”“The problem with trying to make time for everything that feels important—or just for enough of what feels important—is that you definitely never will。”““Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion，” the English humorist and historian C。 Northcote Parkinson wrote in 1955， coining what became known as Parkinson’s law。 But it’s not merely a joke， and it doesn’t apply only to work。 It applies to everything that needs doing。 In fact， it’s the definition of “what needs doing” that expands to fill the time available。”“As I make hundreds of small choices throughout the day， I’m building a life—but at one and the same time， I’m closing off the possibility of countless others， forever… The only real question about all this finitude is whether we’re willing to confront it or not。 And this， for Heidegger， is the central challenge of human existence: since finitude defines our lives， he argues that living a truly authentic life—becoming fully human—means facing up to that fact。”“Resist the allure of middling priorities。 There is a story attributed to Warren Buffett… in which the famously shrewd investor is asked by his personal pilot about how to set priorities。。。 He tells the man to make a list of the top twenty-five things he wants out of life and then to arrange them in order， from the most important to the least。 The top five， Buffett says， should be those around which he organizes his time。 But contrary to what the pilot might have been expecting to hear， the remaining twenty， Buffett allegedly explains， aren’t the second-tier priorities to which he should turn when he gets the chance。 Far from it。 In fact， they’re the ones he should actively avoid at all costs—because they’re the ambitions insufficiently important to him to form the core of his life yet seductive enough to distract him from the ones that matter most。”“It’s easy for me to fantasize about， say， a life spent achieving stellar professional success， while also excelling as a parent and partner， while also dedicating myself to training for marathons or lengthy meditation retreats or volunteering in my community—because so long as I’m only fantasizing， I get to imagine all of them unfolding simultaneously and flawlessly。 As soon as I start trying to live any of those lives， though， I’ll be forced to make trade-offs—to put less time than I’d like into one of those domains， so as to make space for another—and to accept that nothing I do will go perfectly anyway， with the result that my actual life will inevitably prove disappointing by comparison with the fantasy。”“The cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter is famous， among other reasons， for coining “Hofstadter’s law，” which states that any task you’re planning to tackle will always take longer than you expect， “even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law。” In other words， even if you know that a given project is likely to overrun， and you adjust your schedule accordingly， it’ll just overrun your new estimated finishing time， too。”“To the philosophers of the ancient world， leisure wasn’t the means to some other end; on the contrary， it was the end to which everything else worth doing was a means。 Aristotle argued that true leisure—by which he meant self-reflection and philosophical contemplation—was among the very highest of virtues because it was worth choosing for its own sake， whereas other virtues， like courage in war， or noble behavior in government， were virtuous only because they led to something else。”“During the coronavirus pandemic… amid the grief and anxiety， it became normal to hear people express a sort of bittersweet gratitude for what they were experiencing: that even though they were furloughed and losing sleep about the rent， it was a genuine joy to see more of their children， or to rediscover the pleasures of planting flowers or baking bread。 The enforced pause in work， school， and socializing put on hold numerous assumptions about how we had to spend our time… Things hadn’t changed for the better， obviously。 But alongside the devastation that it wrought， the virus changed us for the better， at least temporarily， and at least in certain respects: it helped us perceive more clearly what our pre-lockdown days had been lacking and the trade-offs we’d been making。”“The world is already broken。 And what’s true of the state of civilization is equally true of your life: it was always already the case that you would never experience a life of perfect accomplishment or security。 And your four thousand weeks have always been running out。”“Ten Tools for Embracing Your Finitude:1。 Adopt a “fixed volume” approach to productivity （Pre-determined time boundaries for your daily work）2。 Serialize， Serialize， Serialize （Focus on one big project at a time）3。 Decide in advance what to fail at （strategic underachievement）4。 Focus on what you’ve already completed， not just on what’s left to complete。5。 Consolidate your caring （consciously pick your battles in charity， activism， and politics）6。 Embracing boring and single-purpose technology7。 Seek out novelty in the mundane （pay more attention to every moment， however mundane）8。 Be a “researcher” in relationships （try deliberately adopting an attitude of curiosity）9。 Cultivate instantaneous generosity （act on the impulse right away）10。 Practice doing nothing。”— Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkemanhttps://a。co/0tbE8wg 。。。more
Sumiko Martinez
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