To achieve we must be productive, garnering accolades which reaffirm your role and status within society. Achievement grants respect, and perhaps a kind of love. The darker side is that the more you do the greater the odds of failure or attacking polarization, which can lead to a cycle of more achievement to stabilize and …
Exhaustion can lead to a dumb form of productivity simply because you are too tired to transition. You won’t learn anything and you will make mistakes, but you do get to check all the little boxes on your to-do list.
Productivity is necessary, but don’t forget why you are being productive. Why are you trying so hard? To live well? You can do that right now. Don’t let the "to do" block you from "being" and "becoming."
Always stop in the middle of a project and go for a walk, don’t power through and reward yourself when you are done. This does 2 things: 1. it allows your subconscious to work on the problem. 2. you get some perspective. Never fear: You will wish to continue the project when you get back. …
Voraciously filling your brain produces little, and actually blocks productivity and conversion to reality. Solution: non-identify. Pull back and ask yourself what you will be happy you did tomorrow.
