Perspective

Productivity Guilt I struggle with productivity guilt. Always feeling like there’s a more efficient way to spend my time, like I’m wasting it in some way or another. However, recently I’ve been thinking about the nature of “wasted time”. What turns time spent into time wasted? After some thinking, I believe I’ve reached the conclusion that it’s far more difficult to actually waste time than some might think, although it is definitely still possible. ...

Introduction For context, I’ve always been considered a “good student”, and I say that with no boastful intention. I’m the run-of-the-mill “A” student, always ready to do extra credit and succeed in the eyes of whoever is evaluating me. But recently I’ve come to the realization that this title and identity is entirely worthless in the context of actual knowledge, growth, and understanding the world around me. Some of this is a consequence of my own faults, but I feel as though much of this hollowness can be attributed to the system that raised my intellectual self. ...