# “Four Thousand Weeks By... ! [ rw-book-cover] (https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1560994238434889730/jhqZEwKm.jpg) URL: https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889368780347940969 Author: @readswithravi on Twitter  ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > “Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman” > It is unlike other productivity books. In this book, he covers philosophical grounds on the main topic that we all have roughly 4000 weeks in this life (assuming we live to eighty), and we should spend them doing meaningful work. > We should pursue the work we enjoy, accepting our finitude and committing ourselves to what is most important. > 7 lessons from the book: >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889368780347940969)) > 1) Denying reality never works. >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889368784483278878)) > 2) Stop believing you'll ever solve the challenge of busyness by cramming more in: >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889368789474545703)) > 3) what you pay attention to will define, for you, what reality is. >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889368793509437525)) > 4) People complain that they no longer have time to read but the reality is rarely that they literally can't locate an empty half hour in the course of the day. >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889368798546792730)) > 5) Allow things to take the time they take. >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889368802883702875)) > 6) Cosmic insignificance therapy: >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889368807279640846)) > 7) Do Nothing Meditation: >  ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889368812006342890)) > I will be writing a weekly newsletter “Learn, Unlearn and Relearn” at the end of February or early March. > It will include book lessons from my favorite reads, inspiring passages, reading tips, and more. You can subscribe to it using below link: > https://t.co/47zELVhzrk ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889368816011886908)) > Thank you for going through the thread. Retweet the first tweet so you can share it with others. > Follow me at [readswithravi](https://twitter.com/readswithravi) for more book learning, reviews, lessons and recommendations. > https://t.co/j6fsQPeLiF ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/readswithravi/status/1889369066416078939))