Productivity, a way of measuring "success" today
Hello Project HOPE friends, I hope you are all doing well. Good day everyone, I hope you are all doing well. Today I want to bring up something I see frequently, something I often think about, because more than a theory, it seems to be a great truth, but should we assume it as an absolute truth?
Productivity has become one of the main ways of measuring "success" today. It seems that a person's value is increasingly tied to how much they produce, how much they work, how much they achieve in the shortest possible time. And I'm not saying it's wrong to want to be productive, because obviously if we want to achieve certain goals we need discipline and effort, but to what extent does this idea that we should always be doing something lead us to a meaningless race?
It's common to hear phrases like "time is money" or "don't waste a second," and while they sound motivating in theory, in practice they can become a constant pressure that makes us feel like we're never doing enough. Because when is enough? It seems like there's always something else we could be doing: another course to study, another business to start, another habit to improve. And so, without realizing it, we enter a dynamic where rest is seen almost as a waste of time, where taking a break generates guilt.
I see this reflected in many people who feel frustrated because, despite working tirelessly, they feel like they're not making enough progress. And I wonder, moving forward where? By what parameters do we measure whether we're "achieving something" or if we're just busy without a clear purpose?
I'm not saying that productivity is bad or that we shouldn't aspire to improve, but I do think we need to question whether we're truly living or just surviving under the idea that the more we do, the more we're worth. Perhaps true productivity isn't about doing more, but about doing what truly fulfills us, what makes us feel at peace with ourselves.
I don't know if this obsession with productivity will ever change. I don't know if it should or shouldn't; I just know that it is what it is, and that's it. I'd like to know what you think about it. Best regards.
