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title: four thousand weeks
permalink: four-thousand-weeks
date: 2023-01-14T16:27:26-08:00
tags: philosophy
---

We live our lives week by week. A week feels frustratingly limited and there are
alarmingly few of them. Assuming you live to eighty, you'll have had about four
thousand weeks.

Reflecting on the books I read last year,
[four thousand weeks](https://amzn.to/3GnJlR9) by Oliver Burkeman stuck with me
the most. While pitched as yet another productivity management book, it's
something of a bait-and-switch tricking you into reading about philosophy. In
particular directly acknowledging our own mortality and in fact pushing back on
the idea of optimizing yourself to accomplish more.

I liked this book so much that I decided to build something of a
[digital book report](https://leebyron.com/4000/). It contains some of the most
salient excerpts, quotes, and themes quotes from the book. I hope you enjoy it
and does a small part in helping you make the most of your own finitude.

<a href="https://leebyron.com/4000/" target="_blank">
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    <img src="../media/269d4ece86e479ae.png" style="box-shadow: 0 0.5rem 1rem #00000022;" />
    <figcaption>leebyron.com/4000</figcaption>
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</a>