Meditations for Mortals Book Study
Kelley & Erin invite you, our audience, to our first (A)Theist Book Study!
Back in 2023, author Oliver Burkeman lent his energy, time, and brilliance to (A)Theist to discuss his bestselling book Four Thousand Weeks. During that interview he mentions an upcoming book he’s writing… he released Meditations for Mortals roughly a year later!
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts was published in October 2024. This book offers a powerful new way to take action on what counts: a guiding philosophy of life called “imperfectionism.”
The book can be read in a number of different ways, but is divided into four week-long sections. The author calls it a “four-week retreat of the mind” if read that way.
So, (A)Theist is going to read it and react to it in that format… except since we publish every two weeks, we’re going to take eight weeks to go through it.
We invite our audience to read it along with us!
THE SCHEDULE:
June 30 - June 4
Pick up a copy of the book!
We have links below if that helps (and no, we do NOT receive compensation from any of these companies)
July 7 - July 11
Read sections for Week 1! We’ll be doing the same!
July 14th — Episode 1 published!
Kelley and Erin will reflect on what they’ve learned in the first week. (Keep an eye out for ways to comment and participate!)
July 21 - July 25
Read sections for Week 2! (And, check back here — we’ll have polls and questions on our website!)
July 28th — Episode 2 published!
In addition to reflecting, Kelley and Erin will also incorporate any comments, questions, or thoughts our audience shares via social media, emails, website comments, or even a text to one of us!
August 4 - August 8
Read sections for Week 3!
August 11th - Episode 3 published!
Kelley and Erin will offer their thoughts on Week 3 content (including anything sent to us by our audience!)
August 18 - 22
Read sections for Week 4
August 18th — Episode 4 published!
This will be our conclusion to this project!
FIND THE BOOK!
We invite you to pick up a copy of the book from any retailer, e-publisher, or Audible! Here are a few (external) links:
(A)Theist does not receive any compensation for use of these links and is not affiliated with any of the vendors listed.
SOME BACKGROUND MATERIAL
We invite you to revisit our 2023 interview with Oliver Burkeman where he discussed Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. It’s a brilliant interview!
Week 1 Reflections
We’ve JUST completed the first week of our book study. Each day, Kelley and Erin started by reading the section of the book and then spending the day deep in contemplation about how it impacted their daily lives.
We shared raw, un-edited thoughts on July 14th!
We’d love to know what YOU thought, either about the first week of the book or of our personal reflections. What did YOU notice? What did you start to think?
Shoot us a message at atheist@stlpodcasts.com or comment on our socials! Posts will hit all platforms early on July 15th!
Use any of our social platforms to send us your thoughts or questions!
Use any of our social platforms to send us your thoughts or questions!
Week 3 Reflections
We’ll be posting this episode on August 11th!
Comments Welcome!!
Week 2 Reflections
Our Week 2 Reflections are now posted! Have a listen to the episode. And, if you’re using Spotify or YouTube, drop a comment with your reactions!
We’ve started reading Week 3 and plan to record our Week 3 reflections on August 2nd! Let us know what you’re thinking! We WANT to speak to it during the episode!
Shoot us a message at atheist@stlpodcasts.com, comment on any of our socials, OR use the form below!