Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman
Meditations for Mortals
Subtitle: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Author: Oliver Burkeman
Genre: Nonfiction, Productivity
Format: Digital ARC
Publish Date: October 2024
Read: August 2024
Favorite Quote: What is worry, at its core, but the activity of a mind attempting to picture every single bridge that might possibly have to be crossed in future, then trying to figure out how to cross it?
Synopsis: Productivity expert Oliver Burkeman shares helpful new insight into leading a better, more productive life: imperfection.
The author of Four Thousand Weeks is no stranger to productivity and maximizing the time we have on this planet. But not in the way most people think. In Meditations for Mortals, Burkeman embraces doing things imperfectly or not doing things at all. Intended to be read over one month (28 days technically), each five to six-minute chapter touches on a common “first world problem” and gives some insight into embracing it — or not.
Why does this book beguile? Burkeman authored the aforementioned book, Four Thousand Weeks and I was excited to get my hands on this advanced reader copy. Both books focus on an area most people ignore: editing.
In a world driven by consumerism, trends and fads, and two-day shipping, Burkeman takes a bold approach by encouraging readers to do more by doing less. Focus on the things that really matter and what moves the needle in your life. Some of the daily passages are packed with good info, some I felt I could skip. You’ll feel differently based on your life. That’s what makes this book so lovely!
Rating: 5/5
If you’re interested in this, read*: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman