2025-12-21 - My blog

I Wasted 10,000 Hours Being “Productive.” Here’s What Actually Worked.

2025-12-21

| Life lessons, mental health, Psychology, self-improvement

I used to wear burnout like a badge of honor. I mistook motion for progress, trapped in the “Mere Urgency […]

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How to Master the Mental Elevator with Stoic Principles
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Your Browser Tabs Are a Cemetery: Paying Off Your Cognitive Debt
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The Silence Deficit: Why the Most Productive Thing You’ll Do in 2026 is Absolutely Nothing
Source: My blog Published on 2025-12-29
Laziness Does Not Exist: The Physics of Your Messy Room
Source: My blog Published on 2025-12-28
The Stoic Productivity Paradox: Why Your 2026 Goal-Setting is Creating Your Anxiety
Source: My blog Published on 2025-12-27
I Spent 40 Years Obsessed With Productivity. Here Is What I Got Wrong.
Source: My blog Published on 2025-12-26
The Quiet Magic We Can Miss While Chasing Christmas Past
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Stop Trying to Have a ‘Magical’ Christmas
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The Resume vs. The Eulogy: A Stoic Audit of What Remains
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The Stoic Art of “Strategic Disappointment”
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