Season 3, episode 15: productivity unhacked
“What if this year, our new year’s resolutions were not what we could do, but what we could undo?”
— Laura Joyce Davis
In a productivity-obsessed culture, the emphasis is always on doing more . . . but what are we really hoping to accomplish with our to-do lists? Today, we hold productivity up to the light, and examine whether or not those pressures to be more productive are actually serving us.
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Show notes:
Previous episodes referred to: Dear 2020; My Fabulous Foolproof Formula for Fame and Fortune; Embrace the Process
Clive Thompson’s Wired article on the history (and inevitable failure) of our relationships with productivity tools
New York Times: stop trying to be productive
“Deep work” author Cal Newport on being tired of productivity culture
Wall Street Journal article on “toxic positivity”
Gilly Leshed’s academic paper on our culture of busyness
Nesto Pomodoro, Laura’s new favorite Pomodoro Timer, which she used while writing this episode.
Steph Fuccio’s article, “building a production team for your podcast”
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