It searches for something flashy to stimulate it. Your poor little brain feels underwhelmed. Bailey reminded me that when you slow down, focus, and become more measured, your limbic system goes nuts. In fact, it’s often a damned dirty lie that I tell myself. I conflate feeling chaotic and overwhelmed and constantly pulled in a million directions with feelings of accomplishment. That is, if I feel shattered at the end of the day, I feel like I accomplished something. My reasons for not being as productive as I would like are pretty simple (and kind of embarrassing): And the reason for every person is different. The complex part is why we don’t just sit down and do it. But if it were simple, everyone would do it. You just have to set goals that lead to bigger goals. He’s quite clear that being productive is not that hard. Some reviewers on Goodreads felt that the information he provided was too simple in contrast, I thought the simplicity of his suggestions made them all the more effective. I did some of the challenges he included at the end of each chapter, and I found them quite instructive. I loved that Bailey provided useful tips for productivity in every single chapter. In fact, lazy and busy are quite often synonymous states of being. And I love the kind of “stunt journalism” that requires writers to do crazy things in the service of writing about it.
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