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Sign If We're Suffering From Toxic Productivity
- Inability to turn off: We feel unable to shut off work-related tasks to rest, enjoy hobbies, or spend time with friends and family.
- Guilt about productivity: We feel guilty about not getting enough work done, even when we are completing a reasonable amount of work-related tasks.
- Problems with health or personal relationships: We begin to experience issues with our health or personal relationships due to the above issues. Significant others may feel they are getting less of our time or attention than work.
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How To Heal Toxic Productivity
- Set realistic goals, adjust as needed
- REST is not for the week, take breaks
- Get some accountability
- Define clearer work-life boundar...
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Toxic Productivity
Toxic productivity is the outsized desire for productivity at all times and at the expense of our other priorities, from family life to hobbies.
If we’re constantly working while rarely engaging in hobbies, which allow us t...
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“I almost ended up working and doing more than in my usual office days, because I felt so anxious about losing that sense of stability. I became really frantic and obsessive,” ~ Clare
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