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Key takeaways from Productivity addiction: when we become obsessed with productivity

It started as a measure of efficiency for the production of goods and services. Somehow, along the way, many of us have become addicted to productivity.

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Trying to always optimise the way you spend your time and struggling to do nothing may be signs of productivity addiction.You tend to turn hobbies into side projects.

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