Productivity is for suckers

Productivity is for suckers. The establishment wants you to be ever more productive. To produce. For them. Screw The Man!

Okay, granted, The Man likely pays you for your production, which is known by many different names.

• “Selling out” — The Hippies
• “Cashing in” — The Yuppies
• “Wage slavery” — The Slackers
• “Where do I sign up?” — The Poor

This state known as Being Productive means different things to different people, and whether or not you subscribe to the notion that Being Employed is a good thing, I hope you can admit there is more to life than merely that. Here’s an analogy.

Sleep is a necessary part of life, in which we spend 8 hours a day (more or less). While important, it does not define who we are.

Work is also a necessary part of life, in which many of us spend 8 hours a day (more or less). It doesn’t define our humanity any more than sleep does. Unless we let it.

Also, not sleeping and not working can both make us pretty wacko. And of course, many people manage to accomplish both sleep and work simultaneously, so perhaps this argument isn’t entirely cogent.

Where was I…?

OK, point being, work is not everything, even if you love what you do. Efficiency is not the be all, end all of existence. Sometimes, older ways are better. Sometimes, simpler ways are better. Sometimes, slower ways are better.

And sometimes, productivity is for suckers.