The argument for doing less, having more time, and being less busy
The argument for doing less, having more time, and being less busy
By Brianne Hogan | January 09, 2020
“With the advent and ubiquity of technology, access to endless information at an accelerating pace, as well as global competition, our culture has become obsessed with productivity,” Dr. Dana Dorfman, PhD, psychotherapist and co-host of the podcast 2 Moms on the couch, tells HelloGiggles. “People channel their self-worth into the amount they can accomplish. They equate busy-ness with importance and seek to quantify their quality of character through achievement.” According to Dorfman, there can be multiple negative effects on one’s mental and physical health, including burnout, when they’re addicted to busyness and productivity. But what I found most troubling is when she told me that by constantly “doing more,” we can actually “mute essential feelings of satisfaction and deplete the enjoyment gleaned from experiences.” That’s right: we’re doing all of this stuff to ultimately feel bad about ourselves and suck the living joy from our life. Ugh. This simply means we’re merely surviving life, not thriving.
