Self-Help No More
Thoughts on Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
After what must have been a particularly-neurotic diatribe of mine, a good friend pressed Four Thousand Weeks into my hands. She didn’t have to explain her logic: I’ve been struggling to balance work and life as the distinction blurs, and author Oliver Burkeman reflects on spending our limited time on Earth more intentionally. Although an overdeveloped sense of individualism generally dampens my interest in self-help books1, my friend’s recommendation trumped my ego.
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