contrary to what the words "time management" on the cover suggest, Four Thousand Weeks reads more like a philosophy text than a self-help book (there are whole paragraphs dedicated to Heidegger's masterwork, Being and Time). its most disappointing aspect, however, is not this genre ambiguity, but the joyful George Orwell quotation at the very end. the author could address Heidegger's nazi past and antisemitic views, but couldn't refrain from doing that. and this came out after the pandemic. the world is ending and we're still proudly quoting George Orwell. it's like opening a fiction book in 2024 and finding a Harry Potter reference in it. let us fucking move on. 4 stars bc the audiobook still felt like therapy. not very useful, yet quite helpful.