Four Thousand Weeks

Transform your relationship with time and mortality. Oliver Burkeman challenges productivity culture's false promises and reveals how accepting life's brevity leads to deeper fulfillment and more meaningful choices.

What You'll Master

Understand why traditional time management and productivity systems fail

Learn how the fantasy of total control over time creates anxiety and prevents you from engaging fully with life's inherent uncertainty.

Master the art of saying no to preserve time for what truly matters

Develop the courage to disappoint people and miss opportunities so you can fully commit to your most important relationships and projects.

Embrace the anxiety of missing out to live more authentically

Learn how accepting that you can't do everything liberates you to choose consciously rather than frantically trying to optimize every moment.

Apply patience and presence to find fulfillment in ordinary moments

Discover how slowing down and accepting life's pace creates deeper satisfaction than constantly rushing toward future achievements and goals.

Build a meaningful life within the constraints of mortality

Create a philosophy of time that acknowledges death while finding purpose, connection, and joy within your four thousand weeks of existence.

Your Time Wisdom Journey

1. Confront the Reality of Limited Time

Explore how accepting mortality, rather than denying it, can lead to more intentional choices and deeper appreciation for life's preciousness.

2. Release the Illusion of Total Control

Learn to let go of productivity obsessions and perfectionist tendencies that prevent you from engaging authentically with uncertainty and limitation.

3. Cultivate Presence and Meaning Within Finite Existence

Develop practices for finding fulfillment in the present moment while making peace with the things you'll never accomplish or experience.

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