Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, By Oliver Burkeman

New Year, New Resolutions—Don’t Let 2025 Slip Away Like 2024!

Every January, we vow to conquer our goals, manage our time like pros, and finally get it all together.

But let’s be real—how often does this actually happen? Too often, time management is feels like a losing battle.

This year, we’re doing things differently.

Our first book of 2025 is Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkman, a no-nonsense, bestselling guide to escaping the endless cycle of toxic productivity traps.

This isn’t your typical “do more” pep talk—it’s about shifting your mindset, reclaiming your time, and making smarter, more fulfilling choices that stick.

Ready to rise to the challenge of 2025?

Join us to kick off the year with a bold, transformative mindset.
As a group, we’ll unpack the book, confront the way we’ve been led astray about productivity, and commit to breaking the habits that hold us back.

Synopsis

What if you stopped trying to do everything so that you could finally get around to what counts?

We're obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, the struggle against distraction and the sense that our attention spans are shrivelling. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the question of how best to use our ridiculously brief time on the planet, which amounts on average to about 4,000 weeks.

Four Thousand Weeks is an uplifting, engrossing and deeply realistic exploration of the challenge. Rejecting the futile modern obsession with 'getting everything done,' it introduces listeners to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing rather than denying their limitations.

Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman sets out to realign our relationship with time - and in doing so, to liberate us from its tyranny.

Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your 4,000 weeks count.

The Session
The group has a private room in Clapham Library. The session kicks off at 2pm and lasts approximately 2 hours. An agenda with key questions arising from the text will be used to frame the discussion. It's a creative session where everyone is encouraged to contribute and share.

No Book?
Available on Amazon, or from your local book store.

Travel
Clapham Library is moments from Clapham Common Tube station.
Link to the library here.

RSVP'ing and Waiting List
To keep the discussions intimate and meaningful, we limit the size of each session. Check back later if there are no more spaces when you try to RSVP, those down to attend may have to change their plans.

Fee
£2. If you need to change your plans, refunds are issued for cancellations received 7 days before the session.