Four Thousand Weeks

“Four Thousand Weeks” by Oliver Burkeman is such a timely book for me.

I was afraid that if I fail, I will not find a job because there will be a gap in a resume and many questions about what I was doing.

I have been working daily for the past 6 months, with lower intensity on “vacations” and a few days off when I was sick.

But no matter how many issues I solved and how many tasks I performed, I couldn’t get to a state of accomplishment and inner peace.

But isn’t that calm state of mind what we all want?

We don’t want to grind forever. We don’t want to chase the carrots. We don’t even want to be happy.

We want inner peace, the state of equanimity, and just do meaningful things.

Without rush. Without FOMO and chasing shiny objects.

The book gave me hints on how to potentially achieve all that.