Your Life Is Finite (4000 Weeks On Average), And This Is Good News
How accepting your finitude will give you freedom and empower you to focus on what matters most
Unless someone comes up with a brilliant invention tomorrow that will prolong our lives, most people on earth currently have about 4000 weeks to live (if we are lucky).
That may sound like a lot — or comically little, depending on your perspective and expectations. But how do we best spend these? How do we escape the rat race, that feeling that whatever we do, it will never be enough? How do we focus on what really matters?
If you’re looking for an answer to these questions, Oliver Burkeman’s new book called “Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals” is a helpful guide to navigate one of life’s biggest challenges — the fact that one day, it will end.
I have read it — and loved it — and I happily share its key insights with you:
- There is no ultimate time management hack. Your life is finite and you will never be able to achieve, see, or do it all.
2. Don’t be efficient. Being efficient is a curse.
3. We often use busyness as an avoidance strategy.
