{"product_id":"9781847927613-meditations-for-mortals","title":"Meditations for Mortals","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour weeks to embrace your limitations and make time for what counts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Full of wisdom and comfort … a really important book'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCHRIS VAN TULLEKEN, author of \u003ci\u003eUltra-Processed People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can we embrace our non-negotiable limitations? Or make good decisions when there’s always too much to do? What if purposeful productivity were often about letting things happen, not making them happen?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflecting on ideas drawn from philosophy, religion, literature, psychology, and self-help, Burkeman explores practical tools and shifts in perspective. The result is a bracing challenge to much familiar advice, and a profound yet entertaining crash course in living more fully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeditations for Mortals \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on a liberating journey towards a more meaningful life – one that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence, but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddressing the fundamental questions about how to live, it offers a powerful new way to take action on what counts: a guiding philosophy of life Oliver Burkeman calls ‘imperfectionism’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo be read either as a four-week ‘retreat of the mind’ or devoured in one or two sittings, \u003ci\u003eMeditations for Mortals\u003c\/i\u003e will be a source of solace and inspiration, and an aid to a saner, freer, and more enchantment-filled life in 2025.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn anxiety-inducing times, it is rich in truths we have never needed more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thoughtful, level-headed, and useful . a book to meditate upon' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Oliver Burkeman has a way of giving you the most unexpected productivity advice exactly when you need it’ MARK MANSON, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e** A \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF 2024 **\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540638408801,"sku":"9781847927613","price":15.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32164444.jpg?v=1737090961","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781847927613-meditations-for-mortals","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}