Listening to the most recent Hello Alaska podcast, I was really feeling that part where you were talking about being burnt out and spending 10 hours trying to get something done, but getting very little done. I have been fighting that same battle, and its nice to know that I am not alone in that. It was a good reminder to not stay mired in it when I slow down, and to just go do something else.
You're definitely not alone in that fight. I think we often get ourselves wrapped up in some idealized notion of what productivity and work should look like that we trap ourselves in a self-reinforcing cycle of guilt and self-blame. Toward the end of 2022, it was paralyzing for me. Doing the dishes or cleaning up the dog yard might not be work work, but at least it feels productive.
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Just trying to keep in the spirit of the day!
Listening to the most recent Hello Alaska podcast, I was really feeling that part where you were talking about being burnt out and spending 10 hours trying to get something done, but getting very little done. I have been fighting that same battle, and its nice to know that I am not alone in that. It was a good reminder to not stay mired in it when I slow down, and to just go do something else.
You're definitely not alone in that fight. I think we often get ourselves wrapped up in some idealized notion of what productivity and work should look like that we trap ourselves in a self-reinforcing cycle of guilt and self-blame. Toward the end of 2022, it was paralyzing for me. Doing the dishes or cleaning up the dog yard might not be work work, but at least it feels productive.