I found this to be a quixotic read as it bills itself to be predominantly a hands-on guide, but the author spent the vast majority of their page count on discussing the theory of how our brains work in terms of perceiving time. As is often the way with these books, I was hoping for a practical step by step guide focussing on application rather than an overview of the field and a few pointers.But that doesn't mean it wasn't useful and thought-provoking read. I can see myself returning to many of the ideas within it.
The key tips I took away were:
- Introduce more novel experiences to build more memories. Even taking a different route to work does this.
- Focus on collecting pleasant memories
- Build anticipation through planning experiences
- Increase mindfulness and pay more attention to what's going on at the moment
- Slow down.
- Induce flow by paying more attention to the task at hand.
Of those, the ideas around flow, novel experiences and collecting pleasant memories were of most interest.
Verdict: More thoughtful, than practical.
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