I am rather compulsive with my approach to anything, whether work or leisure, and have a strong tendency to pour myself into the task at hand. I wouldn't catego

I am rather compulsive with my approach to anything, whether work or leisure, and have a strong tendency to pour myself into the task at hand. I wouldn't categorize this as "toxic productivity", in that I don't feel like it causes me any harm, and isn't focused exclusively on work-related matters. I am the same way with hobbies that I am with work tasks that I find challenging; if I'm going to do a thing, I will do my best to be as good at doing that thing that I possibly can, regardless of the overall merits of me doing that thing. The part of what is described that resonated is the feeling that I can't "sit still", and have to be "doing something". I've got a three year old daughter whom has improved my life immensely, and yet I still get comments from people about my other projects, and how much I get done regarding those projects, despite having a toddler. My secret, of course, is just that I can't sit still. My free time has been diminished pretty severely by becoming a father, and yet when I have a spare hour or two, I won't sit and relax; I will take that time and try to push through as much as I can on whatever project I'm working on.