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Productivity guilt
Productivity guilt happens when you feel overwhelmed by not attending to all the things you know you "should" be doing and having a nagging feeling that you're wasting time.
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More hassle than help
Distinguish between a lack of inertia and persistent exhaustion.
If you push yourself to the gym but feel good afterward, it's good. But if you always feel exhausted in everything, you need to modify your priorities.
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Doing 'everything'
You cannot do everything you should. It is okay to acknowledge that time for one activity means less time for another.
In theory, there's enough time for everything - in practice, there are always trade-offs.
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Being too tired
There are two different types of feeling tired.
- The feeling you have as you're about to start an activity. Once you actually do it, your mood changes and you find you're glad you did it.
- The second kind persists throughout the activity itself. You fi...
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Hidden contradictions of life advice
In practice, adding too many suggestions for living well will create a conflict with each other.
Suggestions are almost always given on their own, without including a wider context. You can read about why exercise, reading or meditating are good on their own, but rarely find informa...
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Productivity guilt
It’s the constant nagging feeling that you should be doing more. And if you’re not doing everything, then you’re a lazy slacker who will never reach your goals. -- Scott H. Young
That’s simply not true. Even small efforts have a cumulative effect.
Wasting time and productivity guilt
Living in a culture of non-stop productivity, we refuse to take real breaks. We put off sleeping in or reading by the window. Even if we do manage to take time away, it comes with the feeling that we should be doing things. We feel guilty about any wasted time.
But “wasted” time is...
The productivity "feeling"
A good productivity system should be productive, not just feel productive. A good productivity system that is working effectively should not feel like anything. It should just be holding up your routine.
- Feelings are not an absolute measurement. Relying on feeling pr...
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