# Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman  Author:: Shortform ## Highlights > the idea that you can wield perfect control over your time is a delusion that only fosters guilt and unhappiness. His solution is for humans to accept that they only have a finite amount of time and to operate within realistic parameters to make their lives as enjoyable and meaningful as possible. ([View Highlight](https://www.shortform.com/app/highlights/259fb477-8f4a-4049-93d7-80450d7dadb4)) > Shortform note: Burkeman alludes to various time management solutions, but what are some of these solutions? One solution is Brian Moran’s advice to separate your time into three different blocks, during which you tackle different activities. You dedicate yourself to thought-intensive projects in one block, administrative tasks in another, and mental rest in the third. Using this approach should give you control over how you spend your time, claims Moran.) ([View Highlight](https://www.shortform.com/app/highlights/40817d94-a98c-4ebc-9f16-d88b4050ab54)) --- Title: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman Author: Shortform Tags: readwise, books date: 2024-01-30 --- # Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman  Author:: Shortform ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > the idea that you can wield perfect control over your time is a delusion that only fosters guilt and unhappiness. His solution is for humans to accept that they only have a finite amount of time and to operate within realistic parameters to make their lives as enjoyable and meaningful as possible. ([View Highlight](https://www.shortform.com/app/highlights/259fb477-8f4a-4049-93d7-80450d7dadb4)) > Shortform note: Burkeman alludes to various time management solutions, but what are some of these solutions? One solution is Brian Moran’s advice to separate your time into three different blocks, during which you tackle different activities. You dedicate yourself to thought-intensive projects in one block, administrative tasks in another, and mental rest in the third. Using this approach should give you control over how you spend your time, claims Moran.) ([View Highlight](https://www.shortform.com/app/highlights/40817d94-a98c-4ebc-9f16-d88b4050ab54))