The Pleasure X Effort Matrix
“The pleasure in thinking and doing things well is such a deep-wired human pleasure . . . and it feels (to me) diluted when it’s linked to productivity.”
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Charlie Becker wrote about “psychological richness” and I wonder if that ties into my new thinking on leisure (it feels dirty to turn leisure into a framework, but here it is:). Nature, friendship, art, culture, psyche. “Richness” feels like a relevant word because these 5 points are a kind of satisfaction that can’t be bought (your aesthetic appre
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“The pleasure in thinking and doing things well is such a deep-wired human pleasure . . . and it feels (to me) diluted when it’s linked to productivity.”
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
An essay in which my friend feels stuck and I suggest relaxing some constraints
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