“4000 weeks”: This powerful book teaches us to take full advantage of the time that we have

In the digital age where everything is getting faster, we are lacking air and we always survive to run to be “more productive”, but what is there? If the performance and versatility are erected as a property, this frantic race is lost.

For Oliver Burkeman, Author Book “4000 weeks : Management of time is explained to the mortal ”, multiplying is confusion and ends us. Only those who focus on their imperatives cultivate the art of being happy.

Life is small, let’s live completely

For the author, time is counted. Starting with our average life expectancy (77 years) and bringing it in a solid period, a human will have 4000 weeks. 4000 weeks, an average, “frightening and derogatoryly short”.

This simple number was brought back, we can only share this observation. In addition, the simple possibility of dying one day causes us the illusion of nervousness and productivity, we are wrongly believing.

Accept our boundaries assure us

Tomorrow again, new technologies were our recognition partners, today they are enemies of our peace. We no longer aspire to save time, we try at all costs to customize it. Hyper -Contered, overbook, pressed, stressed, old, more less time than ever.

The author invites us to face reality: we cannot carry boundaries and we should make our adjustments. “The more you agree to deal with the finite of existence – instead of doing it, rather than fighting against it – more productive life becomes, is full of meaning and
Joyful. ,

An internal revolution, secret of happiness?

The revolution is internal. It is no longer technical, it is philosopher. We are “cosmic” creatures that lead a “debt” life. Away from being a curse, for Oliver Burkeman, this is a gift: an invitation to live a life that actually calls us. Regarding being in a time testing, we have no choice but to choose to choose. This involves “no” to say “yes”, distracted, request and temptation.

Yes, what does our life mean. This is a question of making our imperative our priority. To give ascending for quality on volume in all eccentricity. All the necessary are individual and specific to all. Some artists will grow as artists, working with family for other or one reason … It is up to us that we remove these essential things from our life at a thousand times, which give meaning to our existence. To indulge in “pure appearance”, alliance with our fundamental values ​​will be the secret of happiness. Oliver Burkeman invites us the most matters to us, without giving it to us.