All of the obsession with efficiency, optimization, and productivity has made us forget ourselves—forget why we’re here. There’s definitely a time and place for efficiency—especially when used as a scaffolding that lets art and life breathe—but not when it costs us our connection, our ability to witness beauty or feel the unseen, unexplainable

This is the difference between what happens when you focus on the process vs. focusing on the outcome. When you’re focused on the outcome, who cares how you get there? You’ll lie, steal and cheat to get the shiny prize at the end.

But when you’re process-focused, you know that those moments when you get the outcome—the pot of gold at the end of the

Here’s the thing: Good art—a good life, because I would argue that a your life is your art—is not efficient. It’s not supposed to be. Efficiency could not be further from the point.