I’ve been thinking about this lately. As well as how we can feel really productive doing a bunch of busy work but not actually moving anything we care about forward in our lives. Prioritising getting stuff done over what truly matters to us. I don’t wanna die and be like well that was so productive lol 🤣
🎯 on target here. I'm definitely no better than Radiating Brain (on my best days).
In my own words, I'm trying to get comfortable with "living inside the undone."
From my writing:
"The productivity gurus will sell you a color-coded system for organizing your tasks, but they can’t help you confront the open-endedness of life. They can promise that you’ll get everything done, but never teach you to live inside the undone.
Maybe the real problem isn’t having too much to do, it’s having nothing left to do.
We have to accept that our to-do lists will never be empty. And that’s okay. Maybe even a good thing. Our lives, always in process and in progress. Meaning even emerging in the 'undone' – exploring the spaces between who we are and who we think we should be."
I’ve been thinking about this lately. As well as how we can feel really productive doing a bunch of busy work but not actually moving anything we care about forward in our lives. Prioritising getting stuff done over what truly matters to us. I don’t wanna die and be like well that was so productive lol 🤣
Lol best last words ever
Love this title and the piece. At the top of my To Do list (an index card) each day I write:
Meditate
MP (Morning Pages)
Prayer
Those are the "tasks" to do first. Everything else is icing. Nothing gets done until those 3 are done, and done well.
"I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer!" -- Martin Luther
🎯 on target here. I'm definitely no better than Radiating Brain (on my best days).
In my own words, I'm trying to get comfortable with "living inside the undone."
From my writing:
"The productivity gurus will sell you a color-coded system for organizing your tasks, but they can’t help you confront the open-endedness of life. They can promise that you’ll get everything done, but never teach you to live inside the undone.
Maybe the real problem isn’t having too much to do, it’s having nothing left to do.
We have to accept that our to-do lists will never be empty. And that’s okay. Maybe even a good thing. Our lives, always in process and in progress. Meaning even emerging in the 'undone' – exploring the spaces between who we are and who we think we should be."
https://newsletter.thewayofwork.com/p/done