Toxic Productivity
By Karen Sahdev - H/380 AIII-A Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022
“We all need empty hours in our lives or we will have no time to create or dream.” –Robert Coles
A classic old statement would say that overworking oneself is detrimental in many ways, but has anyone yet discovered the actual reasons for workaholism before making sadistic jests at them?
Toxic productivity is quite common among all generations and is treated in a very questionable way. Toxic is a word that is negatively portrayed to express the depth of a pernicious manner in varied situations whereas productivity is a highly common action applied by every one of us at some point in our lives.
Toxic productivity has proven to be a necessary evil. It is a destructive rather than a constructive behavior which leads to a person being too consumed by their work and not giving themselves the ideal time for leisure. Self-criticism also makes them feel guilty for enjoying relaxing time and makes them doubt themselves regarding whether they deserve it or not. They eventually start assessing themselves based on the things they have not done. I think that this is not an “assisting” habit.
I have been a victim of toxic productivity and the unusual feeling of fatigue after realizing that I had been following the traces of extreme constructivity made me lose that habit. I overcame it after I learned to recognize myself as an ordinary human being who deserves a few non-negotiables in their to-do list because it makes them happy. I also realized that self-care is not an indulgence but a necessity and that alterations through challenging work in a person will not make much of a personality difference.
It is time to find what is adequate rather than finding out what’s incompetent. Let us give ourselves the healthy heed we deserve because that will eventually help us in finding the balance between self-care and self-productivity so that we all can call ourselves more than enough.
By-Karen Sahdev
H/380 AIII-A
