You've been a faithful servant to productivity.
You've optimised. You've maximised.
You've measured your worth by output.
But you're starting to see the lie.
Productivity is a good servant
but a terrible god.
And when it's the highest value,
you become a machine, not a person.
Not everything that counts can be counted.
And not everything that can be counted counts.
This week, measure one non-productive good.
The quality of your presence.
The depth of your rest.
The warmth of your connections.
These things cannot be optimised.
But they are what make life worth living.
Let productivity serve your humanity.
Not the other way around.