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Productivity kills us #1
We became slaves of nowadays productivity cult. We continuously work and complete tasks, competing with ourselves and others.
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Competing with ourselves
We all know the statement - compete only with yourself. In this concept we do it the best.
If you did better than yesterday - great, you "raised" the level of productivity(nr of things done in an unit of time), now try to keep up with this level for a long time)
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Productivity kills us #2
Doing more and more of things isn't good. We can't keep up with the regime/schedule is very hard, and if something goes out of control - you'll feel burnt. You will not feel like working. This is the danger of productivity cult.
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What to do?
If you already feel burnt - then take a rest, let your organism to recover after a such energy-consuming trial.
Filter the tasks you were doing and find 2-3 things you adore or you're good at them.
Take your time to determine what skill level you got, and setting goals you want to ach...
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Competing with others
As well we like to be 'stronger, smarter and overall better' than anyone else. That's our competitive nature.
Seeing someone more successful than you is a great factor that makes you to leave your comfort zone and start to work. But getting too much much exposed to this factor may leave you...
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I realised myself trapped in this productivity cult. I got burnt out because of schedules and frames I set to myself. Now I want to start a new program according to the last idea and maintain it as long as I can.
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The start of our productivity obsession
While the desire to complete a set of tasks within a timeframe is not a new phenomenon, our cultural obsession with personal productivity is.
In the 1990s, technology was promoted as a time-saving tool, such as search engines that saved us hours of digging for information...
Comfort Kills Productivity
Without the sense of unease that comes from having deadlines and expectations, we tend to do the minimum required to get by.
We also fall into the "work trap," where we feign "busy" as a way to stay in our comfort zones and avoid doing new things.
Inclusive Productivity
Optimizing our life and time should not be at the expense of those who eventually get to do the ‘small-time’ routine tasks that reinforce the wage gap. It promotes the gig-work economy and makes the less fortunate work for it, as they feel it is an easy way to earn a few bucks.
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