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Did you read the article? "I work less than I thought I did and that's ok"

Draiken 6y ago
I did. But it also mentions procrastination as a -4 point and sleep as a 0. And my sentiment is also from reading some of the comments here. So many people obsessed with productivity. Some have a clear reason to do so, but I fear many do it because of outside pressures, or never even thought about it.
- throwaway2245 6y ago
  The scores are relative to each other. I certainly prefer to sleep than to procrastinate, so this matches up with your example. And, I certainly prefer to do almost any task than procrastinate. Procrastination (by which I understand: wasted effort thinking about being productive without actually doing anything) makes me feel grim. I would have valued that time more doing almost anything else. If sleeping helps me to avoid procrastination, then this scoring system still encourages sufficient sleep to do that.
- hobofan 6y ago
  I don't think there is necessarily anything wrong with that scoring. Sleeping is basically neutral (maybe it should give 0.5 points instead or something small that doesn't dilute the rest of the scoring system). I'd also score procrastination negatively even if you are not obsessed with productivity. Procrastination can easily cause negative feelings (and for me is probably one of the biggest sources for them) and can be viewed as a separate thing as dedicated downtime.
  - Draiken 6y ago
    Oh, neither do I. What made me sad is that I'd likely have a very similar scoring if I did this myself. For example, I wish I didn't score sleep as a waste of time, when it's likely more important than many of the things regularly deemed important by society.
m000 6y ago
This sentence is exactly the problem. Everything is focused around work and productivity. So much, that you have to pat yourself on the back when find out your work throughput was less than what you thought it was. Why do we read about "I work less than I thought I did and that's ok" and not e.g. "I spent more time with my family than I thought I did, and that's great"?
- dnautics 6y ago
  same article says "I spent more time reading than I thought I did, and it's great"
  - m000 6y ago
    Yes, drown somewhere in the text, and apparently not important enough to mention in the TL;DR.

I did. But it also mentions procrastination as a -4 point and sleep as a 0. And my sentiment is also from reading some of the comments here. So many people obsessed with productivity. Some have a clear reason to do so, but I fear many do it because of outside pressures, or never even thought about it.

throwaway2245 6y ago
The scores are relative to each other. I certainly prefer to sleep than to procrastinate, so this matches up with your example. And, I certainly prefer to do almost any task than procrastinate. Procrastination (by which I understand: wasted effort thinking about being productive without actually doing anything) makes me feel grim. I would have valued that time more doing almost anything else. If sleeping helps me to avoid procrastination, then this scoring system still encourages sufficient sleep to do that.
hobofan 6y ago
I don't think there is necessarily anything wrong with that scoring. Sleeping is basically neutral (maybe it should give 0.5 points instead or something small that doesn't dilute the rest of the scoring system). I'd also score procrastination negatively even if you are not obsessed with productivity. Procrastination can easily cause negative feelings (and for me is probably one of the biggest sources for them) and can be viewed as a separate thing as dedicated downtime.
- Draiken 6y ago
  Oh, neither do I. What made me sad is that I'd likely have a very similar scoring if I did this myself. For example, I wish I didn't score sleep as a waste of time, when it's likely more important than many of the things regularly deemed important by society.

m000 6y ago

This sentence is exactly the problem. Everything is focused around work and productivity. So much, that you have to pat yourself on the back when find out your work throughput was less than what you thought it was. Why do we read about "I work less than I thought I did and that's ok" and not e.g. "I spent more time with my family than I thought I did, and that's great"?

dnautics 6y ago
same article says "I spent more time reading than I thought I did, and it's great"
- m000 6y ago
  Yes, drown somewhere in the text, and apparently not important enough to mention in the TL;DR.