I wrote about this last year. I called it the "social loop of death": https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/schedules-arent-a-constraint-on-life-they-let-you-live-it

I wrote about this last year. I called it the "social loop of death": https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/schedules-arent-a-constraint-on-life-they-let-you-live-it https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/schedules-arent-a-constraint-... It's super distracting, but you can easily break out of it with being accountable for your time. Nowadays I've found a healthy balance and am more productive / happy / successful than ever. A lot of it had to due with following these 3 things too: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/how-to-overcome-procrastination-with-a-3-pronged-attack https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/how-to-overcome-procrastinati....