Four Thousand Weeks

“The assumption that time is something we can possess or control is the unspoken premise of almost all our thinking about the future, our planning and goal-setting and worrying. So it’s a constant source of anxiety and agitation, because our expectations are forever running up against the stubborn reality that time isn’t in our possession and can’t be brought under our control. Whatever you value most about your life can always be traced back to some jumble of chance occurrences you couldn’t possibly have planned for.”