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A review by piabo
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I really needed this book.
I have been annoyed at productivity culture for some time and actively looked for ways to live my life in it without getting crazy.
Seems like we can't do it all anyway, accepting that is the most important step. And a lot of other great philosophical ideas.
Not connected so much to this book, but a general thought I had:
My boyfriend recommended this book to me. And while he said it was just a great book, but he did not learn many new things from it, the opposite was true for me. He is a philosopher and thinks about the meaning of life and time more than I do.
Another book he recommended me was very exciting for him, but not so new for me.
I think this totally makes sense. We always judge books based on our previous knowledge and experience and how well it fits into our life currently.
When I rate books, I do it from my subjective perspective. I could also rate them by how I think it would be for the average person and the overall value of the book to society, but I decided against it.
I wonder what is better.
I have been annoyed at productivity culture for some time and actively looked for ways to live my life in it without getting crazy.
Seems like we can't do it all anyway, accepting that is the most important step. And a lot of other great philosophical ideas.
Not connected so much to this book, but a general thought I had:
My boyfriend recommended this book to me. And while he said it was just a great book, but he did not learn many new things from it, the opposite was true for me. He is a philosopher and thinks about the meaning of life and time more than I do.
Another book he recommended me was very exciting for him, but not so new for me.
I think this totally makes sense. We always judge books based on our previous knowledge and experience and how well it fits into our life currently.
When I rate books, I do it from my subjective perspective. I could also rate them by how I think it would be for the average person and the overall value of the book to society, but I decided against it.
I wonder what is better.