You’re going to die – so stop trying to get out

The average human lifespan,” Oliver Burkeman begins his 2021 mega-bestseller, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals“is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short.”

He doesn’t want you to maximize your work performance or optimize your leisure activities for optimal enjoyment in that relatively short period of time. He doesn’t want you waking up at 5am or blocking your schedule into a strictly labeled timeline.

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