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"A lively philosophical guide to time and time management, setting aside superficial efficiency solutions in favor of reckoning with and finding joy in the finitude of human life"--

 

Table of Contents

 

Introduction: In the Long Run, We're All Dead 3 (14)

Part I Choosing to Choose

 

1 The Limit-Embracing Life

17 (20)

2 The Efficiency Trap

37 (20)

3 Facing Finitude

57 (14)

4 Becoming a Better Procrastinator

71 (18)

5 The Watermelon Problem

89 (12)

6 The Intimate Interrupter

101 (12)

Part II Beyond Control

 

7 We Never Really Have Time

113 (12)

8 You Are Here

125 (16)

9 Rediscovering Rest

141 (20)

10 The Impatience Spiral

161 (12)

11 Staying on the Bus

173 (12)

12 The Loneliness of the Digital Nomad

185 (18)

13 Cosmic Insignificance Therapy

203 (12)

14 The Human Disease

215 (14)

Afterword: Beyond Hope 229 (6)

Appendix: Ten Tools for Embracing Your Finitude 235 (12)

Notes 247 (14)

Acknowledgments 261 (4)

Index 265

 

 

 

PW Reviews 2021 March #3

 

In this insightful work, Burkemen (The Antidote), former psychology columnist for The Guardian, looks at how most people's efforts to improve their lives using time efficiently just make things harder. A 4,000-week lifespan, Burkemen laments, is not enough time to get everything done: if one can accept the fact that "time management as we know it has failed miserably," one can then enjoy what can be accomplished in the time one has. Burkeman ruefully illustrates this by describing his own efforts to efficiently read emails, with the result being simply more emails. He began to question why he worried so much about efficiency, which meant just jamming more into each day. His answer: "We do so because it helps us maintain the feeling of being in omnipotent control of our lives." Burkemen's light philosophical musings point the way to less stressful living, such as his contemplation of "being present" in each moment as a way to control time. He also suggests embracing and setting limits, prioritizing one's most valued activities, and accepting "the truth about your finite time" by limiting one's obligations. Burkemen's thoughtful, reassuring analysis will be a welcome balm to readers feeling overwhelmed by the (perhaps unrealistic) demands of life. (Aug.)

Copyright 2021 Publishers Weekly.

 

 

PW Reviews 2021 March #3

 

In this insightful work, Burkemen (The Antidote), former psychology columnist for The Guardian, looks at how most people's efforts to improve their lives using time efficiently just make things harder. A 4,000-week lifespan, Burkemen laments, is not enough time to get everything done: if one can accept the fact that "time management as we know it has failed miserably," one can then enjoy what can be accomplished in the time one has. Burkeman ruefully illustrates this by describing his own efforts to efficiently read emails, with the result being simply more emails. He began to question why he worried so much about efficiency, which meant just jamming more into each day. His answer: "We do so because it helps us maintain the feeling of being in omnipotent control of our lives." Burkemen's light philosophical musings point the way to less stressful living, such as his contemplation of "being present" in each moment as a way to control time. He also suggests embracing and setting limits, prioritizing one's most valued activities, and accepting "the truth about your finite time" by limiting one's obligations. Burkemen's thoughtful, reassuring analysis will be a welcome balm to readers feeling overwhelmed by the (perhaps unrealistic) demands of life. (Aug.)

Copyright 2021 Publishers Weekly.