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Reading it right now, but I already think it's the test thing: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals I was (and still am) obsessed with productivity
by BasilPH 4y ago
Reading it right now, but I already think it's the test thing: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
I was (and still am) obsessed with productivity. But I more and more my tasks had felt like something I needed to get done, to afterwards finally be able to relax and profit from them. But this time never came and I just got busier.
The book does a great job at explaining how much of our daily grind is based on a refusal to accept our finitude. And once we accept our finitude, we can get a lot more done in a happier way.
- legendofbrando 4y agoThis book was definitely one of my highlights. The number of times I exclaimed “I’m really not the only one that feels that?!” Was too many to measure. It really forces you to confront time in a way that I haven’t stopped thinking about since.
- BasilPH 4y agoI'm having the same experience. And what I love, is that he proposes solutions that work, without sugarcoating things. One of the biggest learnings from this book so far, is that a certain level of anxiety is inevitable. Especially when you're doing work that is meaningful to you. Being able to accept that anxiety and still continue is what makes all the difference.
- jen729w 4y agoThe audiobook, read by the author, is terrific.
- BasilPH 4y agoI can imagine. He has a short, spoken course on the Waking Up mediation app that closely mirrors the book and I found it amazingly well done.
- zw7 4y agoI also recommend his mailing list, "The Imperfectionist". He only sends out an essay maybe once a month but they aren't posted anywhere so you have to subscribe.
- snorberhuis 4y agoThanks for your recommendation! I added it to my reading list.