You know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you're relaxing and think you have something else you should be doing? That's called productivity guilt. We've conditioned ourselves to believe that we should be filling up every second of the day with things that need to get done. Is that really what life is all about?
Madeleine Dore is an Australian writer, interviewer, and I'd call her a researcher as well. She's spent the last 5 years asking people how they navigate their days and productivity. What she's discovered is that so much of what we think will help us get things done is actually setting us up to fail.
Her first book "I Didn't Do The Thing Today: Letting Go Of Productivity Guilt" is fantastic. We discuss how we got to where we are as a society driven by getting things done, how to-do lists kill our creativity and our mutual love for the children's program Bluey.
If you want to learn more about Madeleine, you can check out her website, madeleinedore.com, or listen to her podcast Routines & Ruts.
