Liana Mayer Liana Mayer

"Attention, on the other hand, is life: your experience of being alive consists of nothing other than the sum of everything to which you pay attention."

- Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

"Attention, on the other hand, is life: your experience of being alive consists of nothing other than the sum of everything to which you pay attention."

- Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

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Liana Mayer Liana Mayer

"Because in reality your time is finite, doing anything requires sacrifice—the sacrifice of all the other things you could have been doing with that stretch of time. If you never stop to ask yourself if the sacrifice is worth it, your days will automatically begin to fill not just with more things, but with more trivial or tedious things."

- Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

"Because in reality your time is finite, doing anything requires sacrifice—the sacrifice of all the other things you could have been doing with that stretch of time. If you never stop to ask yourself if the sacrifice is worth it, your days will automatically begin to fill not just with more things, but with more trivial or tedious things."

- Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks

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Liana Mayer Liana Mayer

“When you pay attention to something you don’t especially value, it’s not an exaggeration to say that you’re paying with your life.”

- From Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

“When you pay attention to something you don’t especially value, it’s not an exaggeration to say that you’re paying with your life.”

- From Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

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Liana Mayer Liana Mayer

“Your experience of being alive consists of nothing other than the sum of everything to which you pay attention.”

- From Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

“Your experience of being alive consists of nothing other than the sum of everything to which you pay attention.”

- From Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

Read More