Life is Short And So Is This Book: Brief Thoughts On Making The Most Of Your Life


Epilogue: if this book were even shorter, here’s what



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Life is Short And So Is This Book Brief Thoughts On Making The Most Of Your Life by Peter Atkins

Epilogue: if this book were even shorter, here’s what

it might say

 

Everything  should  be  made  as  simple  as  possible,  but  not



simpler.

- Albert Einstein

There  are  certain  themes  that  run  throughout  the  book.  It

may be useful for some readers to discuss them here.

Know  yourself. 

To  be  happy,  you  need  to  pay  attention  to

who  you  are,  what  you  want,  and  how  you  feel,  versus

staying  busy  just  doing  ’stuff,’  or  doing  what  other  people

want or expect you to do. This requires both self awareness

and introspection: if you pay attention to how you feel, what

you like and what you want (as well as what makes you feel

sad, angry, fearful and confused), the world is likely to look

quite different. Many people are afraid of being introspective

because  they  feel  vulnerable.  But  without  a  willingness  to

open  up,  you  won’t  understand  yourself  and  you  can’t

ultimately be truly happy.

Act on that knowledge.

 Simply understanding how you feel

and  what  you  want  is  vital,  but  insufficient.  Progress

depends on action. If your goal is to help other people, but

you  never  do  anything  about  it,  you’ll  be  unsatisfied.  The

same  is  true  if  you  want  to  start  a  business,  write  a  book,

invent  some  new  device,  learn  to  play  an  instrument,  get

better  at  a  sport,  or  be  a  good  parent.  Remember:  take

small  steps.  They  work.  Big  steps  often  don’t.  Over  time,

small steps add up, and you end up in a different place.

Observe.

 It’s incredibly hard to have a dispassionate view of

the  world,  even  if  you  try  your  hardest.  Humans  are

emotional  animals,  and  we  all  come  at  the  world  with  our




own  point  of  view  based  on  our  experience.  It’s  impossible

in  many  ways  to  get  outside  that  frame  of  reference,

although  with  diverse  experience,  a  lot  of  reading,  honest

self-reflection  on  your  failures,  and  some  thinking,  it’s

possible  to  stretch  our  perspective.  Data  and  patterns

matter,  and  you  should  pay  close  attention  to  them.  But

they’re  not  enough  to  deeply  understand  the  world,  since

history  doesn’t  repeat  itself  exactly.  Judgment  and  wisdom

matter a great deal. To acquire them, and to be creative, it’s

important  to  slow  down  enough  at  times  to  notice  what  is

going on around you.

Focus.


  Focus  is  important  because  time  is  limited  and  you

can’t do everything, let alone do everything well.

Persevere.

 Life doesn’t come easily most of the time to most

of  us.  Even  if  you  have  no  major  issues  in  your  life,

eventually you will. The way to succeed amidst obstacles is

to  not  give  up.  Perseverance  matters.  I  don’t  know  anyone

who  has  succeeded  over  time  in  any  field  or  significant

endeavor without it.

Manage change.

 Change happens whether you like it or not,

both  in  our  personal  lives  and  in  our  world  more  broadly.

With  technology  and  globalization,  the  rate  of  change  in

society  is  accelerating.  Being  able  to  accept  and  manage

change is an essential skill.

Make  friends.

  Without  true  friends,  most  of  us  wouldn’t

enjoy  our  lives.  To  be  happy,  it’s  vitally  important  to  be

connected to other human beings whom you care about and

who, in turn, care about you.

Care.

 If you don’t take good care of yourself physically and



psychologically, you won’t be able to enjoy your life. And if


you don’t care about others, you at least will be missing one

of the great joys of being alive.

Judgment matters.

 This is not a recipe book. Many of these

ideas  conflict  with  others.  For  example,  you  can’t  both

create space to let your mind wander and intensely focus at

the same time. You need to use your judgment to figure out

what’s right for you at a given time in your life.

Laugh

.  We’re  all  going  to  be  dead  anyway  some  day.  So



while you should try your hardest to make the most of your

life,  when  something  funny  happens,  when  you  make  a

mistake, or even (and perhaps especially) when bad things

happen,  it’s  easier  if  you  can  laugh  about  yourself  and  the

world.



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