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Neljätuhatta viikkoa: Miten käytät loppuelämäsi päivät?

people have been raving about this book, which may be why I was disappointed. not great writing. matter of fact / plain language long-windedly telling me what could have been summarized in a 2-chapter bullet point summary. oh wait, it was in the appendix. some great points up front and in the appendix. could have skipped the middle section. aligns quite nicely with the zen buddhist approach to time and being.

jbxdavis's review against another edition

5.0

A valuable panacea for a world that's increasingly intolerant of any leisure time not structured into company-issued paid time off. Written by a former productivity geek, this book does an excellent job zooming out and asking why we're so concerned with productivity as a society in the first place. One of those books I wish I could make assigned reading for my younger self.

eliotsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

Abandon the idea of doing everything perfectly to at least get some things done well.

ashleighdawn's review against another edition

3.5

reflective medium-paced

Written from the perspective of a reformed productivity guy, this book is a reminder on how short life is (maybe 4000 weeks if you're lucky) and how to avoid wasting precious time doing things you don't value. As someone who lives this way since my teenage years, it was more affirmation with a couple interesting tidbits along the way.

mellowbeing's review against another edition

5.0

medium-paced

tszabo616's review against another edition

3.5

reflective medium-paced

lucindabain's review against another edition

4.0

I started reading this book with the hope that I would finish it feeling enlightened and able to see time opening up in front of me. But perhaps that is too much responsibility to place on a book. The reading of Four Thousand Weeks has made me realise that shift is only capable from within me, as opposed to something that can be given or received. This book lay it on the line: we have limited time and the sooner we accept that, the sooner we can get on with it. That the use of our time can be joyful and the purpose driven mentality of western culture does have an off ramp. It will take me a while to come to terms with it all, to not let daily time slip back into the endless sense of achieving (or more apt: not achieving) a list. I’m glad I read this book. It has allowed me a pause - a sense of being able to question what it is that I spend my limited time here doing, being, thinking.