What Maximum Productivity Looks Like for Me

when I am most productive and happy, my days look nothing like what I’ve heard a productive person’s do. Meanwhile, when I’m trying to be a productive person, like, trying to assume the normal trappings of productivity, I don’t get anything done.

Productivity, for me, is a natural outgrowth of passion. If I need to think about “productivity” as a separate discipline from “doing the thing,” something has gone wrong.

If I sternly tell myself to do something, I will refuse myself within a few days. This has advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that I spent a lot of time flaking out of jobs, not doing particularly well at school, and, generally, underachieving. The advantage is that, through spontaneously following my excitement, I’ve gradually shift... See more