The Blog
The emotions, actions and thought processes of my creative work.
This is where I share what I’m doing and why, how I’m thrashing out problems and what I’m trying to achieve.
Guilt and Balance: Breaking The Productivity Addiction
When I was going through the responses to my annual survey, I began to see the same struggle coming up over and over again: guilt. More specifically, guilt about not being productive enough, whilst simultaneously not taking time for oneself: “I WANT more balance, but I always seem to feel guilty when I’m not at my desk”. Over and over, in different words and in different ways people were chastising themselves for not working more, doing more, achieving more – and not being more balanced.
Some Ways To Slow Down In Times Of Stress
Someone asked me a while ago what practices I had to help me slow down in times of stress. And in truth, at the time I didn’t really have an answer. I’ve never particularly struggled with debilitating stress, and when I do go through stressful periods I’m pretty good at channeling it into productivity.