Four Thousand Weeks

**The instant Sunday Times bestseller** **As heard on Virgin Radio's Chris Evans Breakfast Show and Dr Chatterjee's #1 podcast Feel Better; Live More ** Battling an overfilled inbox? Your ever-lengthening to-do lists? Struggling against distraction? What if you tried to stop doing everything; so you could finally get round to what counts? If you live to 80; you'll have barely more than four thousand weeks on earth. How will you decide how to spend them? Rejecting the futile modern obsession with 'getting everything done;' Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing rather than denying their limitations. Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers; psychologists; and spiritual teachers; Oliver Burkeman sets out to realign our relationship with time - and in doing so; to liberate us from its tyranny. Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count. **A FINANCIAL TIMES; GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR** 'Life is finite. You don't have to fit everything in... Read this book and wake up to a new way of thinking and living' EMMA GANNON 'Wonderful. Instead of offering new tips on how to cram more into your day; it questions why we feel the need to' THE TIMES 'Every sentence is riven with gold' CHRIS EVANS 'Comforting; fascinating; engaging; inspiring and useful' MARIAN KEYES