fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago
Productivity
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#burnout
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoMental health
If you've ever described yourself as "fine but tired" for more than six months in a row, psychology says you're running on a system that these 8 patterns built-and the tiredness isn't physical, it's the cost of a performance you've been giving so long you've forgotten it's a performance - Silicon Canals
Productivity
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoI asked 10 people what they'd do with a completely free day and no obligations and seven of them couldn't answer - not because they didn't have ideas but because the question itself caused a kind of panic, and that panic is the thing I can't stop thinking about - Silicon Canals
Modern society has become so consumed by productivity and external obligations that people have lost the ability to identify personal desires and experience unstructured free time without anxiety.
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoMental health
If you've ever described yourself as "fine but tired" for more than six months in a row, psychology says you're running on a system that these 8 patterns built-and the tiredness isn't physical, it's the cost of a performance you've been giving so long you've forgotten it's a performance - Silicon Canals
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoPeople who were taught that rest is laziness don't struggle with productivity. They struggle with the terrifying blankness of an afternoon with nothing to prove, because their nervous system reads stillness as danger and achievement as the only form of safety it was ever taught. - Silicon Canals
Chronic productivity often stems from inability to tolerate rest rather than lack of motivation, requiring recognition that stillness is valuable, not lazy.
Mindfulness
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days agoHustle culture is destroying our clients. It's time they let their impossible standards crash to the ground | Gaynor Parkin and Dave Winsborough
High achievers often succeed at productivity and hustle so effectively that they experience burnout, exhaustion, and health consequences despite outward professional success.
fromTiny Buddha
1 month agoIt's Okay to Have No Purpose Beyond Being and Enjoying This Moment - Tiny Buddha
The idea that you aren't worthy unless you are producing results has seeped like insidious black mold into every facet of our modern lives. We are pressured to always be making goals, going somewhere, or achieving something. "Doing nothing" is scorned as lazy. Pursuing a hobby with no monetary value or social esteem is deemed a waste of time. You only have a certain number of days on this planet. If you don't spend them hustling, you're of no use to anyone.
Mindfulness
fromAeon
4 months agoVictorian diary-writers kicked off our age of self-optimisation | Aeon Essays
I look at my Fitbit and note despondently that I have done only 2,247 steps today. I haven't met my 'hydration goal' or crossed everything off my to-do list. I didn't think of three things I was grateful for before I went to sleep last night, nor did I meditate this morning. I didn't wake up early enough, and I probably won't get seven to nine hours of sleep. The perfect version of myself hovers in my peripheral vision - healthy, happy and, above all, productive.
Philosophy
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months agoWhen my kids wrote a song using AI, all I could think was: you missed the fun part | Myke Bartlett
Generative AI enables children to skip creative processes, prioritizing finished outputs and raising concerns that traditional schooling and creative skills may become redundant.
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