Stop Managing Your Time: Enjoy The Ride

Why need to get rid of time management and start enjoying what we do

Conversations about productivity have turned into a math game: everyone is looking for the perfect formula or equation. This rational approach to how to make the most out of our time creates a huge emotional burden. We spend more time worried about not doing more than actually doing stuff. We get caught in a vicious cycle –feeling unsatisfied- that goes on and on. That’s not productive.

I believe we should shift the conversation around productivity. We have to stop obsessing about how much we can accomplish and bring back the joy in what we do.

Shut up, legs!

We need to shut up that internal voice. The one that is telling you that you can’t do it or you’re too busy. Same as pain, it’s something that you need to overcome in order to recover the joy of doing.

When asked how he could keep up such high-pedaling speeds, Jens Voigt coined his catchphrase. “I scream: shut up, legs,” the German road cyclist told the press. It’s because when we start to feel some pain -physical or mental- we haven…