Four Thousand Weeks
Finished
Four Thousand Weeks
A calm argument for accepting that time is finite instead of trying to optimize the finitude away. Less a productivity book than an anti-productivity one.
The average human lifespan is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short.
Why it matters
Changed how I think about what actually deserves a slot in the week.
The chapter on settling — choosing one thing and letting the others go — stayed with me longer than any time-management trick I have tried.