Anxiety Coffee Procrastination Break
Not using a phone taught me what a phone is really for. It’s not for communicating with other people, getting directions, reading articles, looking at pictures, shopping for products, or playing games. A phone is a device for muting the anxieties proper to being alive. This is what all its functions and features ultimately achieve: cameras deliver... See more
- When you resist fear: It becomes chronic anxiety. You spin in worst-case scenarios, freeze when it’s time to act, and overthink every move.
- When you resist sadness: It becomes angst and numbness. You get stuck, stop trusting yourself, and lose touch with what matters.
- When you resist anger: It becomes self-criticism, passive aggression, or
Lesson 3: Your “negative” emotions aren’t what you think they are
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” — Mahatma Gandhi
So what kinds of distractions do work well during a 5-10 minute work break? Intuitively, I think we have a pretty good sense of some things that work well:
meditating
getting a glass of water
eating a small snack mindfully
going for a walk outside or around your office
stretching
Some that might be less obvious:
dancing
doing a mini-workout
free association
Mike Jarema • What Kinds of Distractions Are Good for Your Productivity?
More and more, I think my issues with conventional productivity advice – indeed, with the very notion of productivity – boil down to this: Spending your days trying to get through a list of things you feel you have to do is a fundamentally joyless and soul-destroying way to live; and most productivity problems, like distraction or procrastination... See more
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
— Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
— Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
“The greatest trick the devil ever played was making you believe that the pessimists are the good guys.” – Packy McCormick