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oyster  ·  1457 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ignore the Pressure to be Productive During This Crisis

I think the problem is other people are trying to define what being productive looks like for every person. I’ve got a stack of books to read so I’m more than happy taking it slow and just reading for now. My boyfriend is a pretty high energy, sociable person so he’s been pacing around waiting for the snow to melt so he can start yard work which mostly sounds like lighting everything on fire at this point. For him, all the advice going around is good advice but I think other people end of feeling bad they aren’t being “productive” enough.





user-inactivated  ·  1457 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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oyster  ·  1457 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah no, there’s this whole thing ,mostly on Instagram I guess, about being productive. Doing shit like taking up a new hobby that you probably don’t have the equipment for and shouldn’t go to the store to get. It started when school got cancelled for a few weeks almost immediately. All of a sudden everybody was a homeschooler and it was like, isn’t it March Break anyways ? Even my college took a break, I’m already a full time online student but we got set back a week to stay on pace with the rest of the school while they set everybody else up online.

Mostly it seemed like people trying to avoid accepting what was happening. For the one day I believed I would only be laid off for 2 months I had tons of plans, but that ended pretty quick. Now I’m back to my normal amount of planning, and routine. Some people though benefit from the productivity push. I think the problem arises when it’s seen as the one solution for everybody, that’s when people start ruining March Break, thinking a trip to a mountains town that would be devastated by an outbreak is a good idea and running to the store for craft supplies.

_refugee_  ·  1457 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I cannot stand social media right now.