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# [Four Thousand Weeks  - Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/four-thousand-weeks-time-management-for-mortals-by-oliver-burkeman)

 Written by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) | Feb 28, 2022 10:18:16 PM

Editor’s note:  I’m only half-way through this gift from my son, Tim, but it’s likely to make my top ten of all time.  I’d call it self-help with a humorous bent which taking on such an existential questioen requires to get through to me.  He aligns well with my thinking and now I must go read an earlier Burkeman book whose title reflects another longtime discomfort with Norman Vincent Peale and self-help in general.  It’s called, ***“The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking”.*** 

Favorite excerpt:   *“The average human life span is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short.”*

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