How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now

Modernity asserts that machines mark time and that time is stiffly objectified into seconds, minutes, and hours, into units as opposed to events. And with innovations, we can fit more action inside these units. It’s the motion of impersonal things (like planets and particles),22 and the machines that count them, that frame time for us. This makes t

The rest of this book is an exploration of a saner way of relating to time and a toolbox of practical ideas for doing so, drawn from the work of philosophers, psychologists and spiritual teachers who all rejected the struggle to dominate or master it.

The past has slipped beyond our influence and the future is outside our knowing. To be happy and fruitful, we must engage with right now.

When we live in time, we spend our days seeking the meaning of life. In contrast, when we are present, we enjoy a life saturated with meaning.

My goal is to guide you toward what I call time prosperity, which means having the time to accomplish what you desire in life without feeling compressed, stressed, overburdened, or hurried.

To live in Kairos time, we need to shift the focus from what we do with our time to how we experience each moment—what you might call mindful productivity. It’s a simple idea, that making the most of our time isn’t about doing more but about being more: more present, more engaged, and more attuned to the quality of our experiences.