Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“I’m not interested in burning myself [out] by whole-assing stuff that will be fine if I half- or quarter-ass it. Being able to achieve maximum economy of ass is an important adult skill.”

Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman

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This year I picked my top five books and Burkeman garnered the number one spot for another book, but he earned the superlative for “most likely to change your life” for this one. I first discovered him (like not that I “discovered him” but that when I became aware of him, you get my meaning) on NPR Life Kit in an episode titled “How to Rethink What You Spend Your Time – And Life – Doing.” This simple 21 minute episode shook me upside down, […]

“Introduction: In the Long Run, We’re All Dead.”

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

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I first came acorss Oliver Burkeman’s ideas on the podcast NPR Life Kit, episode titled “How To Rethink What You Spend Your Time — And Life — Doing.” He had my immediate attention. And then I forgot about it because you know, life. A different friend said this book was life-changing and I was skeptical because that’s a bold claim but now that I’ve read it I concur. I have almost every other page of this book turned down, and so many lines highlighted it’s […]

A life less ordinary

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

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I was very interested in reading this book from the moment I heard about it. It was getting some really great reviews, and the topic was of high interest for me – as it is for all humans, in some way or another. The title refers to the average lifespan of a modern human – we have roughly 4,000 weeks to be alive, so to borrow a trite phase, how do we make the most of it? I’ve used up about half of that, and […]



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