Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login The average human lifespan,” Oliver Burkeman begins his 2021 mega–bestseller, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals , “is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short.” In that relatively brief period, he does not want you to maximise your output at work or optimise your leisure activities for supreme enjoyment.

He does not want you to wake up at 5am or block out your schedule in a strictly labelled timeline. Atlantic Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.

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