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Book Title: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman Date completed: May 28, 2026 As the title suggests, this is a book that focuses on reminding us of the limited time one has on the planet—and how that should inherently affect how we think about and use our time. Oliver puts this into perspective: if we were lucky enough to reach the age of 80, we would only have 4000 weeks. Productivity culture and the illusion of controlIn the productivity and time management space around the internet, it's a very “go-go-go” mindset. With the bouts of inbox-zeroes or the popular Getting Things Done methodology, where the focus is on maximizing the amount of items we could check off our list, Oliver emphasizes on: The control that we do not actually have: We think we can eventually get things under control, but we… can't. We can fit everything nicely into our planners, to-do lists, and fancy apps, but some things pop up that can derail everything. And the more we fit into…