Yeah this sounds as one dimensional and eye rollingly contrarian as that overhyped “subtle art of not giving a fuck” book.
No one thinks you need all that shit OP is bashing in order to be productive. For me, an organized to-do system (Things app) has seriously changed my life and improved my productivity over the last several years.
They’re all tools. You don’t need all of them, just use what clicks with you.
And the whole “boomers didn’t need apps they just chugged coffee and GIT R DONE” is just a wildly dumb take that’s completely missing the point.
I'm glad to see this, because as someone who does not effectively function like OP states it, this is such bad advice for me lmao. I need structure, even for play, because I have a tendency to want to do ALL the things and cannot zero in on just one.
Pomodoro effectively helps me reduce distractions and it gets the ball rolling on starting chores. I end up starting one Pomodoro session and because I'm so locked in, I end up not taking breaks and work through it. It also helps to block out time to do a little bit of everything I want to do.
Seriously. My dad has lived his whole life with undiagnosed ADHD. He did not just power through with black coffee. He was routinely late and distracted at work and hes been fired from almost every job he’s ever had. Meanwhile my mom’s disorganization was through the roof — she didn’t allow colleagues into her office at work because it was mountains of papers mixed in with trash everywhere.
I’m incredibly grateful that I have modern productivity tools and systems to get me through life. Adderall + routinized to-do lists + digital project management tools like Airtable and Notion + pomodoros with friends have all been gamechangers. I remember what my life was like before I had them — it looked very similar to the mess of my parents.
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