027: Time Management for Mortals with Oliver Burkeman

Four Thousand Weeks author Oliver Burkeman is asking us to reconsider what it means to “manage time.” The conveyor belt of tasks is infinite, but our time most certainly is not. Instead, Burkeman says the most fundamental question is:

“What would it mean to spend the only time you ever get in a way that truly feels as though you are making it count?

And equally powerful: “In what ways have you yet to accept the fact that you are who you are, not the person you think you ought to be?”

More About Oliver

Oliver Burkeman is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (2012) and an award-winning feature writer for The Guardian, where he wrote a long-running weekly column on psychology, “This Column Will Change Your Life.” Today we’re talking about his brand new book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals.

📘 Books Mentioned

• Pivot

• Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

• The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

• HELP!: How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done

• The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children

🔗 Resources Mentioned

• Oliver on the web

• Twitter: @OliverBurkeman

• The Guardian articles by Oliver

• Why You Should Brave the ‘Bad’ Weather

🎙 Related Episodes

• 23: Happiness For People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking With Oliver Burkeman

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