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Running into the limits of wellness culture - 3 Quarks Daily
and the push for individuals to be more efficient in their every action creates conditions that promote injury and exhaustion.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
the self is no longer a subject but a project . The self is something to be optimised, to be maximised, to be made efficient, cultivated for its capacity for productive output. The worry is that all life activities become viewed as lines on a résumé. Knowingly or otherwise, we risk being constantly governed by the question How is what I’m doing rig
... See moreAlec Stubbs • The Achievement Society Is Burning Us Out, We Need More Play
the imperative to improve ourselves, constantly to be working on ourselves, is an incredibly strong cultural expectation in our times. Many of us, including myself, have internalised it unquestioningly. But where did it come from? Was it always like this?
Emerge • The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths - Emerge
Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
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Soon enough, these harmless habits are running our lives. The little compulsions and drives we have not only chip away at our freedom and sovereignty, they cloud our clarity.
Stephen Hanselman • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
