It’s true that filling your time with something tends to feel good-especially when you’re trying to distract yourself from, say, a stressful news cycle, an argument you had with a loved one, or the nagging feeling that you shouldn’t be resting because you’re “wasting time.” But pressuring yourself to prioritize a never-ending mental to-do list, even if that means sacrificing time to recharge, can be a sign of “toxic productivity,” especially if these tasks heavily focus on work, according to mental health experts.Īnd it’s also important to note that toxic productivity isn’t an official clinical diagnosis. Take a minute to think about your time during the height of the COVID pandemic, when the country was locked down: You likely either worked your standard hours (or more if you were considered “essential”) or felt compelled to spend your newfound free time making sourdough bread, learning a new language, or reorganizing every nook and cranny of your home-despite the fact that a new virus was swiftly sickening and killing hundreds of thousands of people. It’s no secret that American culture prizes productivity.
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