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You should be maximizing productivity!! (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (2 children)

In all seriousness, and if you didn't figure already, productivity culture is a massive con.

Humans cannot and should not be busy with work/study 24/7. Your procrastination is a sign of burnout, not some "laziness" to overcome. Think of what could help you get a good rest (spoiler alert: this is not scrolling your feed) and return to business with passion.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We are these big predators. It's natural to lounge around like a lion and take it easy after a meal. We aren't hive insects.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

When all those gurus say you are a lion, they mean a different thing...but I love your approach! :D

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Productivity is the amount of output per unit of time, doesn't mean to work 24/7 AFAIK. If anything it aims exactly the opposite: be productive, finish your shit early, go home.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Normally it is tied to working the same or more, but with higher output to outperform everyone else and build a career, not to going home early.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I guess that's the US version of it... In Europe you are often forbidden from working too many hours (either safety regulations or union rules) so everyone plays on an even playing field, so whoever uses their time most efficiently, goes further ahead in their career.. . (or whoever is better connected, but that's a thing everywhere)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

This shit in ingrained in our culture in an insidious way in the US. We’re the money > people country, after all.

The insidious part is that when it’s implied rather then explicitly stated, people seem less likely to question it. I was plenty wrapped up in it myself for many years. Looking around as a young person, especially in a white conservative family, it became clear that earning/saving money and independently keeping your shit together was the indicator of a life well lived.

And likewise for the next generation, my job as a parent would be judged by my child’s grades, university, career, etc.

Current day me is thinking a bit more clearly though, and focused on the important quality of life stuff.