Come to a comfortable seated position. Allow your sitbones to sink deep into your Herman Miller chair. Let the regional marketing world outside you melt away. Release any tension you might be holding onto — be it a meaningless job, a directionless relationship, or just the constant pressure to feign interest in other people’s affairs. This is YOUR practice. A time to check in with yourself after not having done so in over 11 minutes.
For the longest time, I thought productivity was something I could conquer. I sure tried to conquer it. I put my head down and ran straight at it full tilt. I repeatedly bashed my skull into it for years. I can look at so much folly in my life arising from this private war with that slippery productivity.
David Sparks nails why I’m done with self-help and productivity porn, at least for the most part. It’s not helping me. The only thing that will help me is to sit down and do the damn work. As long as I do that, ways of doing it better will arise naturally. It’s always great to know I’m not the only one stuck suffering under various delusions when it comes to self-improvement.