Is procrastination a productivity killer or a creativity trigger? 🤔

@anastasiia_stepko how did you transition? I’ve been trying for years but struggle. I agree with you about the stereotypical “busyness” being the social norm which it shouldn’t be. Putting productivity aside, being busy all the time impacts relationships with family and friends and also just the enjoyment of life. It’s a balance I guess. Easy to say and hard to do. Especially when you compare to others because then you say to yourself… I should have worked harder. lol what is cycle 🙃

@luca3927 Luca, honestly, if you ask my family and friends, they will say I haven't transitioned yet. Still a struggle. I'm trying to be very serious about some aspects of life I find important. For example, sleep. These days I'm trying to consider sleeping time as the most important "meeting" I might have during the day. Can't skip, can't be late. Period. I just can't bear the thought that once I grow old I realise that work was everything I ever had.

@anastasiia_stepko ohh yeah I agree with you 100%, I have the same thoughts as well. There is an Italian saying "la dolce vita" which means the sweet life, I have recently been thinking about that and thinking how to balance the enjoyment of life, my wife, my daughter and family and friends with 9-5 plus a side business. I think you are right, there needs to be non-negotiables on somethings but the hard part is accepting that you may not be as ahead as you want to be. It's all a balance :) Thanks for the insight!

@anastasiia_stepko did you like this podcast? I want to read a book, but wonder is it as good as "Deep Work"

@nastassia_k The podcast was good, indeed. I read "Deep Work" after listening to Huberman and Newport talking about the concept. Now I'm thinking of reading his new book for sure.

@busmark_w_nika so in those moments what do you end up doing? Literally nothing or just watching tv or doing something non-productive? Also, on a side note what is the definition of non-productive? Take a professional athlete, they are not working out 24/7 as important as work-out and practise is, rest is equally if not more important. Also in the span of a day, they most probably end up resting more hours than working out / practise. So from that perspective resting, being bored, being relaxed makes sense. I think as someone else said above, there is this culture of being busy is cool and so we just fall into that trap. Sucks really...

@busmark_w_nika I find sport helps me too... I try to do something everyday, usually gym and basketball or if I can't do that at least go for a walk. Funny, if I was to run I could run maybe 200m and be tired, but if I am on a basketball court I can run for hours and will be fine :) I don't know how people just "run" I have never seemed to be able to do that :D

@busmark_w_nika it’s good if you know that about yourself, it might remove some of the negative emotions with boredom.

@busmark_w_nika ummm in all honesty most times badly 🤣. I usually get very frustrated cause my mind wants to go go go go but my body does not.... I really struggle with that. But I will say I think I am getting better, because just after COVID I experienced burnout and that still has effects on me today, so from that I have learnt that I need to balance things. It is hard because it is very easy to just look at one aspect of life and think... I wish I was better in this. So then naturally I think to myself, I will put more effort in. But then that has negative consequences in other places such as mental health or my relationships.

@busmark_w_nika No not an extrovert, just that during COVID in my 9-5 was so crazy busy that by the end of it I was broken and ended up experiencing burnout. I couldn't work for a period of time and had to go to a CBT psychologist to try help me develop habits to keep the stress down. This was in 2021 and for maybe 2-3 years it was very dark days trying to recover from stress. It is debilitating. I still struggle from it, but I have learnt to cope much better. But similar to a physical injury a pro athlete might experience, you never come back the same. What I mean by that is, the stress levels I could deal with before, I just can't cope with the same amount now. So now I need to find creative ways to be as efficient as before I guess.