I'll just take a few minutes to talk about work, productivity and mental health, especially during quarantine.
Keep in mind that this is based on my personal experience, and what I am going through.
I'll start with the background story:
So, I started working on a new project around December, and I disappeared ever since.
I had my final exams and the first semester was a mess with everything that was happening, 2 jobs and my final exams in the fitness academy, so I obviously isolated myself to focus - the usual.
Around mid January, things started to get a little better, I aced my exams, the project was a success, and I kept falling in love a little more every day with my job and my progress. So, I obviously isolated myself to focus even more and work on more projects - the usual.
The thing is, when the whole "quarantine" "stay tf home" started, nothing changed in my daily routine, except the fact that I can no longer go to the gym/uni/fitness academy or a coffee shop/any quiet place to work and write.
So, I was like "rawa222222", and it still is.
However, with the never ending tasks, the huge work load, the endless uni assignments, the online workshops in the fitness academy, THE STRESS... my brain, my attention span, my memory, my health, my mental health ... everything is just slowly falling apart.
You can manage at first, but then it actually starts to affect your performance. You can barely focus in meetings, you're taking more time than usual to finish a task, you are not making sense most of the time, and most importantly, you're mentally and physically drained.
This obsession with productivity and always finding something to do to fill your time can slowly kill you.
I love my job and I love my major, and I can't stop working, but now, I've reached a level where I have to find a way to rest.
Please, try not to reach that level.
It's extremely normal to feel overwhelmed, this is not a vacation. You don't HAVE to learn a new skill, or force yourself to do all the extra work, or always stay connected and checking the news, or never skip any class, even if you're sick of everything and barely focusing.
And I get it, your boss may be drowning you with tasks, your professors may not be going easy on you, but YOU have to give yourself a break too. Managing everything is hard, and if your mental health is at stake, fuck it.
Take it easy, learn when to stop and breathe.
Breathe.
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