Have you ever felt like you should be doing anything different that what you are currently doing? Like when you are watching TV or resting and you think you should be studying or reading or the complete opposite? Well, I have.
These days I came across a very interesting article by Nessa Labs that spoke precisely about that. And this feeling even received a name: Time anxiety. By the definition presented in the article, “Time anxiety is the fear of wasting your time. It’s an obsession about spending your time in the most meaningful way possible.”.
Reading a concept like that does not seem so complicated or tragic, doesn’t it? I mean, today everyone wants to live intentionally and with purpose. Yes, that is true, but imagine when you question every decision you make when using your time. If you are not strong enough you may be caught into the crazy productivity trap.
Crazy productivity trap? What is that? It is something that we don’t want to fall in, I assure you. You know when you think that 100% of your time needs to be “productive” and resting is not always considered productive. That is one way to fall into the crazy productivity trap.
And even when you acknowledge that resting and leisure are important to your productivity, there is the matter of being present in the moment, on the task you are doing. Remember, you chose to be doing this instead of doing that. If you set your priorities in a clear way and planned to have time and space for all, you don’t need to give in to this time anxiety.
I know it is easier said than done, believe me. It is a constant work that we need to do. Maybe you can set up some time blocks in your calendars per activity, maybe you can set quotas of time to a specific task to be achieved by the end of the week, with these you might get this view that you are allocating time for everything you want to do at that week.
And tell me, have you ever experienced something like that? Share with me in the comments how you fight it or how it affects you.
Until next article!
