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Learning how to be unproductive

Ooops I did it again!!

If there's a thing I am hugely always feel guilty of is my doomscrolling addiction. There's always political crises, economic collapse, bank runs, public health emergencies, and so on. It doesn't really matter how I am trying to limit my doomscroll, sometimes it just quickly slips. That because a part of me craves that unproductivity.

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The trigger to doomscroll for me is mostly trying to escape from the actual boring work I have to do. I am sure it is different with others. I feel like I am always required to be productive and doomscrolling is a way for me to be less productive and give myself a pat in the back.

These days, everything is optimized to be something productive. Even advice out there are all about optimizing productivity and something that'll give us benefit. And I've done a lot of of those. So, sometimes, I need to do the things that hinders me from being productive. Maybe it's just my baseline that I am fixed to be productive. So, that's why I need actual unproductivity in my life.

Sometimes, it's okay not to know how to fix things. I do not need to react, I do not need to think, I am allowed to do nothing and I am allowed to be unproductive.

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𝘊𝘦𝘮𝘺 (𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘤) 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺.

Comments · 4

  • @shanibeer(74)· 21h

    Sometimes, it's okay not to know how to fix things. I do not need to react, I do not need to think, I am allowed to do nothing and I am allowed to be unproductive.

    👍 💪 ❤️

  • @seki1(71)· 23h

    Wow..

    Guess we are the exact opposite 😭😂😂

    Here I am thinking of how to be willingly productive...

    Let it not be stuck on "my mood" and more on my will.

    Hoe to intentionally lock in.

  • @cwow2(73)· 1d

    Learn to? This is what I am best at! Looking busy without doing anything! Such a skill xD

  • @kellyane(73)· 1d

    For me, if I'm productive every single day, it feels like I'm constantly racing against time. I always have this mindset that I need to get this done, finish that task, and make sure everything is taken care of before going to bed.

    Being productive every day also means having fewer chances to slow down and relax because I'm always chasing after my schedule. That's why I agree that it's perfectly fine to be unproductive sometimes. At least during those moments, my mind and body get a chance to rest from all the things I'm constantly trying to accomplish.

    So, for me, being a little lazy sometimes is also a way of relaxing and recharging. We don't always have to be productive to make the most of our day. Hehe.