As you may have gathered from things I've written, I am 100% in favor of efficiency, planning, decluttering, and the like. My own general quality of life has improved substantially through my efforts along those lines. And yet I have to admit that trouble arises for me along the border where brisk organization bleeds over into rigid discipline.
I've found that the problem with "no slacking, ever" is that, basically, it's treating my body and mind like a machine--switch it on, keep it fueled, and it will stamp out identical accomplishments day after day--and of course there is actually nothing about the human body and mind that's really machine-like.
I'd imagine, however, that the increment of improved output you gained by pushing yourself a bit in the machine-like direction will pay off nicely, but then so, I imagine, will the backing-off at the right moment. At least, that's what happens for me. Kind of two steps forward, one step back.
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As you may have gathered from things I've written, I am 100% in favor of efficiency, planning, decluttering, and the like. My own general quality of life has improved substantially through my efforts along those lines. And yet I have to admit that trouble arises for me along the border where brisk organization bleeds over into rigid discipline.
I've found that the problem with "no slacking, ever" is that, basically, it's treating my body and mind like a machine--switch it on, keep it fueled, and it will stamp out identical accomplishments day after day--and of course there is actually nothing about the human body and mind that's really machine-like.
I'd imagine, however, that the increment of improved output you gained by pushing yourself a bit in the machine-like direction will pay off nicely, but then so, I imagine, will the backing-off at the right moment. At least, that's what happens for me. Kind of two steps forward, one step back.