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Oliver Burkeman: Four Thousand Weeks (Hardcover, 2021, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you …

Review of 'Four Thousand Weeks' on 'Goodreads'

Well written, with compelling stories.

It (the content) was not entirely new for me. In the end, we all know that we will die but to make it really concrete by highlighting the average 4000 weeks was somehow eye-re-opening.
In the end, it all comes down to
- Don't overestimate your impact on the world. It can be freeing to not need to come up with the next big thing.
- Don't underestimate what you are doing. At least it makes someone happy and I hope it's you.

You will very likely oscillate between those two extremes and that is probably very good and if you float to one side or the other, read the book, or just this comment ;-) and try to move in the other direction. :-)