The Myth Of Being Productive

By Dark clouds

We tend to consider productivity to be a never ending search for something more. More output, more results, more optimization, more meetings, more things checked off to-do lists. More efficiency. But always being busy is in itself a major distraction from the things that actually touch us, that make us happy.


We humans think that what we call “being productive” should automatically fill their void. The hole that they feel eating them away. But, sure enough, it never does.

Creating things, achieving things, taking things off to-do lists are all activities that feel amazing a first. It’s like a drug. But we risk ending up focusing so much more on productivity than on what’s really going on underneath ourselves.

We keep busy because we actually avoid looking at what’s steaming inside, at how we really think about ourselves.

We sacrifice our social lives, our romantic lives, our family life at the altar of checking things off lists and letting this define who you are. We tend to do this all because of our gigantic egos.

Therefore, don’t get lost into doing things. Because productivity is not a replacement for intangible things like love, friendship or time to enjoy life.

Don’t miss out on the adventure of your own life, on your joy for life, because we always end up as a pile of dust.

 

 

Written by Dark clouds

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Anonymous said…
true though. in my opinion i will ay some are born out of sacrifice than ego
January 11, 2023 at 6:47 AM
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