You are going to die – so stop trying to hustle your way out of it

by · Australian Financial Review

Hillary Kelly

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.

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