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#ToxicProductivity was already being discussed 100 years ago, and the mania for #SelfOptimisation began to blossom in strange ways: The Isolator, Science and Invention, vol. 13, no. 3, July 1925

https://manifold.umn.edu/read/the-perversity-of-things-hugo-gernsback-on-media-tinkering-and-scientifiction/section/69697807-3c5f-4de5-aa3b-d070728205f9

#ProductivityPorn #PKM

via @DIZH

A black-and-white photograph showing a man seated at a desk, wearing a large, cylindrical helmet-like device called "The Isolator", designed to eliminate outside noise. The device covers his entire head and includes glass eye pieces and a breathing tube connected to an oxygen tank. He is intently writing with pen and paper, surrounded by early 20th-century office equipment. The scene is described in the caption below the image: "The author at work in his private study aided by the Isolator. Outside noises being eliminated, the worker can concentrate with ease upon the subject at hand."

ReadBeanIceCream | Chatter

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/chatter/#rest-productivity-march-26-2025

#productivity #rest #mentalhealth #indieweb #toxicproductivity

Box that reads, "In case you needed to hear this, rest is productive."

#WorkLifeBalance: Let’s End #ToxicProductivity - Harvard Business Review “Toxic productivity is an unhealthy compulsion to be productive at all times, often at the expense of our #mentalhealth and physical well-being, relationships, and overall quality of life.” hbr.org/2024/11/lets...

Let’s End Toxic Productivity

"The human body is so incredible at signaling when it needs something. But we have all learned to ignore those signals as much as possible because they're a threat to our productivity and our focus at work."

People who are dealing with any kind of anxiety, ADHD, depression, any kind of mental health struggle, those are people who tend to have been called lazy throughout their lives. Any time they're out of energy or just having trouble getting through a really overwhelming moment or day, people can't see that internal struggle. They just judge it as them lacking willpower or being lazy.

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1039676445/laziness-does-not-exist-devon-price

#productivity #laziness #mentalhealth #adhd #work #toxicproductivity

5. Atvaļinājuma diena
-Dabūju 30m3 malkas 😍
-Biju dekatlonā nopirku tekaiņu zābakus un veloloriņus (vienīgi cimdus nedabūju)
-Ikea nopirku tekaiņu galdiņu un krēslu
-Bišķi paspēju apkopt zāģi un jau pazāģēt/pacirst.

#ToxicProductivity #blessed

🚂 New blog post: On slowing down while working, rather than only on breaks/holidays https://www.clockworkpenguin.net/2024/04/04/inertia/ #productivity #toxicproductivity #academia #university #neoliberalism

Let's talk about the ‘busy’ badge of honor. Does staying busy make you feel more successful, or is it a path to burnout? #impostersyndrome #toxicproductivity #productivity

How do you differentiate between genuinely needing a break and just feeling unproductive? Looking for tips! #toxicproductivity #selfcare #productivity

Do you feel the pressure to always be 'productive'? How does it affect your self-image? #toxicproductivity #mentalhealth

@mjc What other information overload events take over your life? How do you feel when your productivity is interrupted?

#toxicproductivity #informationoverload

How often do you feel like you're not doing enough?

#toxicproductivity #studentlife #university #academicmastodon

Yesterday I spent a long time having fun playing #aranockonline. I want to do it today again, but the weird guilt of #toxicproductivity (maybe it's something else?) makes me feel #disinterested and #avoidant. Also it's very #hot in this house outside the room with the AC. I might make a tanky char to complement my #mage. Maybe I could get my partner to help me complete some labyrinths that I will struggle to solve alone. But it can also be a lot of work to get a char going, so idk. I'm feeling sorta #sleepy after #therapy. The therapist referred me to some #ADHD assessment places. I didn't bring it up before because I'm afraid of being one of the people who are hunting for some trendy diagnosis. I know I emailed them just like 40 minutes ago and it's #lunch break and they're probably booked like a month out, but I'm #impatient for a response. ⌚😮‍💨

For my #GTD / #PKM / #InboxZero crowd :

"the shortcomings of GTD become clear because hey dont address the underlying problem: the haphazard way that work unfolds in orgs. GTD only helps individuals cope with its effects.

GTD might help individuals process the inbox more effectively, but it does nothing to reduce the quantity of these requests."

(paraphrased)

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-rise-and-fall-of-getting-things-done

(If you are gated, try private browser window on #Brave browser).

#ToxicProductivity

Another group of YouTube vloggers I dislike - PhD productivity/entrepreneurship tubers. When I hear another 'here's a link to my Notion template' - I'm done, bye-bye. #ToxicProductivity

The upcoming break this week shouldn’t be medical health and work catchup (how antagonistic!), but alas. #ratrace #overworked #academia #ToxicProductivity

About a week ago I started implementing a novel idea into my work day… #lunchbreak. A real one. Not a working one. Afternoon #creativity #motivation and remaining level of daily f***s slowly improving. Also surprising number of minor household snags now fixed. Not sure it’ll catch on though. #wfh #wellbeing #toxicproductivity

I am proud of myself today for telling my managing colleagues that I had reached the limits of my capacity two weeks before a deadline rather than stressing and burning out and not being able to meet it anyway.

Major course revisions, end of interstate audition tour, finalisation of 2023 course offers, semester results, 2023 department budgets, and end of year celebrations all fall in the same week and something had to give...

Listening to the Academic Aunties podcast episode on toxic productivity yesterday really helped.

#AcademicAunties #ToxicProductivity @academicchatter