It’s New Year’s Late

Hooray, it’s 2024! Said everyone else, seven days ago. The years change but I’m still a late adopter.

Sometime in December last year, I made a resolution to blog every day this year. But then I was bit tired on January 1st and I didn’t really feel like it so I made another resolution to blog intermittently and with a feeling of general guilt, and that seemed more my kind of thing.

My inbox has been full for the last week of emails about setting goals and being the best you can be this year. This is my fault because last year I discovered a new, highly enjoyable type of procrastination - productivity gurus, especially the YouTube ones. Such a good way to waste time, watching other people talk about how much they’re getting done in the day. You can live vicariously through them, feeling a sense of real achievement, as the housework piles up and the books are absolutely not being written. It’s so comforting to learn about all the hacks that could improve my life, the one I’m not living because I’m sitting on the couch watching productivity videos. Did you know there are seven hacks that could save you three hours a week? I feel like one of those hacks should be “stop watching productivity gurus” but maybe that’s something they’re saving for later. Also did you know that there is a two minute rule, a five minute rule, a two day rule and an Eisenhower matrix? And that’s just the beginning. I’ve learned about 5AM productivity routines, weekly growth rituals and intermittent task audits. And none of it has helped a bit.

This year, I’m going to be anti-goal, anti-hacked, anti-audited. I’m just going to turn up and see what happens. That might be even better than being productive. Let’s see.