Productivity: Every high comes with a crash

  Productivity: Every high comes with a crash

Hello beautiful souls! Here we meet once again, with yet another post on something that I haven’t stopped thinking about. Last week I was talking to my friend when she randomly mentioned the crazy amounts of unnecessary information we consume on a daily basis. This left me wondering!

According to the Appinventiv survey of 2019-2020, precisely 3,739 apps are added to the Play Store every day. Ever wondered how much this affects your mental health? Along with your daily routines, be it work related or grocery shopping you store tons of information. Not to forget about thousands of posts you scroll on IG, FB, Twitter or Snapchat. 

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Our heart aches when we come across some death news, our blood boils when we read a controversy about our favorite celebrity or we fear when we see news about some new virus. When you are working late at night, say 1:00 a.m, suddenly you remember that a snail can sleep for 3 years at a time. Is that even necessary to remember? Our mind always surprises us with such random facts. We comment on posts, get into debates with some random people on the internet that capriciously change our mood. The constant war between taking a break and keeping up to the trend is really tiring.

I almost forgot about our newest addiction, the ‘Clubhouse’. It’s like an Instagram live, but it’s only on audio! Everyone only talks, but it’s not a podcast! And there are many insightful speakers but it’s not a zoom seminar. Yes, it’s a simple yet confusing app, and I hopped on the trend, of course. Sleep deprived at night, just enter some chat room and listen to the non-stop talks.

In all the social media platforms we speak about mental health awareness. Everyone has come across all the ways to cope with this Pandemic and how to be productive, despite these dark times. Theoretically speaking most of you know how to meditate, do yoga or take a 21 day challenge to change your routine. But how many times have you actually practiced it in reality? When was the last time you were content with yourself? When was the last time you actually took a break without any guilt? When was the last time you ate your food in peace?

Let me tell you about my own experience, during the first lockdown I just took a long break without my knowledge. So when I realised how unproductive I was, Coronavirus had already taken over our country for the second time. Yeah! This virus was more productive than most of us. So in the second lockdown because of that guilt, I started reading blogs, listening to podcasts and ended up doing 3 internships along with my college work. 

Today if you ask me if that was necessary I will answer absolutely NO, but if you ask was it helpful, my answer is yes. I knew I had to take baby steps, taking this much stress was not necessary and I had to feel happy for the work that I have been doing. But I couldn't, as I said because of the constant guilt and my hunger to do something, I pushed myself way too much. 

In these two lockdowns I saw myself living in two extremes. It starts with a productivity-high, of wanting to do everything at once. Every high comes with a crash, and the next thing I know, I want to do nothing at all. So it was all or nothing. As a result I had an introspection and understood my limit. Once I got to know my limit I felt content. With all these trials and errors that I went through I can say this pandemic was a blessing in disguise for me. I can confidently say finally after 22 years for the first time I’m happy. It’s been a while since I said,“ You did a great job, N!”

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You can find information about anything and everything on the internet as it's in abundance. But everything has a limit and so is your brain. Know what you want to feed your brain and prioritise it accordingly. Stop scrolling and start doing whatever you have decided to do. One step at a time and you’ll figure it out eventually, but make sure to take that one step. Keeping up with trends is impossible as it keeps on changing on a daily basis and it's okay to be an old soul. Believe me, I have not even uploaded one reel on my Insta profile and I’m still alive. If the work you are doing excites you till the end, then you are on the right path. Don’t worry about any pressure or standards. Just keep good vibes and live soulfully.

Ps: If some days are hard just take a break, it’s okay to not be okay!