So what that means is that for example - I am most productive in a spurt of a few hours early in the morning? I arrange everything so that I have no meetings or calls and I can just deep work. I’ve been a lot happier that way.

I’ve been trying to embrace that lately, actually. We are human, not machines, we need time to rest and daydream and marinate!

This happens to me too but I like to consider it has having a wave os creativity and then going back to normal :)

When people use the term lazy it’s usually to guilt trip back into the grind and with all due respect it is a scam

same here but it gets stressful cuz i have to track my time 🥲

When this happens to me, I set a timer for 30 minutes and tell myself I can take a break then. Alarm goes off, I end up enjoying myself and working for 3 hours.

So good to hear I’m not the only one who struggles with this!

+ fear of failure for me, it’s just an extra combo 😅 I was able to figure out why the hyper bursts happen and now skeptically trying the atomic habits method 🤞🏼

Anyone else here have serious motivation issues?

I feel like I get all my work done in hyper-productive spurts that happen once every few hours. 

It lasts a little bit, and then go right back to not wanting to do anything.

I’ve been thinking LOTS about this one too lately

and I wonder if years & years of the normal rhythms of office life—walking to meetings, random convos, distractions etc—gave us muscle memory we just can’t replicate at home

and without those liminal moments, we just feel…..off?

I def have had that before, when the flow comes, I am in the flow for 12+ hrs

Very very true. Just have to get out of the mindset that I think I’m being lazy.

I think that instead of trying to force myself to work the way I think I’m supposed to, I’m more productive if I lean into how I am actually productive, and make space in my schedule for that to happen.

Yes, this. I’ve been working remotely from home since 2018 and have learned (by burning out hard) that I can focus for ~2 hours at a time and then I need to take a walk, play with my cat, hike/boulder/stretch, or just sit in silence in-between focus sessions.

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