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Productivity
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

People who recovered from burnout and never went back didn't take a holiday or find a new job-they all quit these 6 habits that most productivity advice actively encourages - Silicon Canals

Traditional productivity advice often causes burnout; people who recovered abandoned optimization habits and embraced unstructured time instead.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

Psychology says the reason you procrastinate on things you actually care about isn't a motivation problem - it's a fear of finding out you're not as good as you hope - Silicon Canals

I have a novel sitting on my hard drive that I haven't touched in fourteen months. Not because I forgot about it. Not because I lost interest. I think about it almost every day - while I'm making coffee, while I'm on a walk, sometimes in the middle of a conversation with my girlfriend when I should be listening. It's there, like a low hum in the background of my life. And I haven't opened the file since last spring.
Psychology
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