Writing Challenge (Patreon)

Hello! For this week’s writing post, I wanted to take on a challenge & give it to you guys as well! This week’s challenge is to write about what productivity means to you. This doesn’t have to be a glorifying piece or have any specific tone or rhythm... Just write about however you feel about the word “productivity” & comment it on this post or message it to me on here. My challenge submission can be read below!

Productivity is not foreign to me. It drives most of my days. I actually got excited this morning in my half-drowsy slumbered state to wake up just so I could be productive. It brings me great joy to know that I woke up & accomplished what I wanted to before the days end & it brings me even more joy when I accomplish what I NEEDED to do. There’s quite a big difference between the two. For example, today I want to make a frittata, blackberry cobbler, & start a loaf of seitan. Do I NEED to do those things? No. I also think it’s important to note that there is not actually many pressing things about my job or my life that NEED to be done. I make my own schedule. If I have to fulfill a due date for a video or have a scheduled call, sure I NEED to do those things. I also need to feed my animals & make sure my crops don’t go to shit so my work won’t be wasted on the garden. I think productivity for me has turned into more of an excitement factor in my life recently rather than something that stresses me out. Right when quarantine started, I felt quite the opposite. I felt like productivity dictated my life & my days & it caused me more pain than joy even when I accomplished what I was aiming to. It was such a driving factor in my weeks, but not in a good way & I had to cut my work load down just to stop from stressing myself out on everything I thought I “needed” to do. Productivity is a loose term for me now & really just adapts with my days. If it’s not pressing, it requires no stress from me. Even if it is pressing, it also requires no stress from me. That’s probably my biggest lesson of 2020.