Madeleine Dore

being productive in terms of those moments of true productivity when we're engaged and when we're perhaps in flow and we have that element of that creative lens applied to it. But when we're just busy for busy's sake, we're crowding our schedules without really thinking about whether these things that we're doing are what we wish to be doing in the limited time that we have.

being productive in terms of those moments of true productivity when we're engaged and when we're perhaps in flow and we have that element of that creative lens applied to it. But when we're just busy for busy's sake, we're crowding our schedules without really thinking about whether these things that we're doing are what we wish to be doing in the limited time that we have.

balance is often portrayed as the cure-all. It's a balance people say, or you just need to find a work-life balance. But when you think about balance, if you think of it as a scale, it's constantly balancing. There's no such thing as a perfect balance, because if there were, our lives in many ways would be stagnant. They'd be unmoving. And we're constantly balancing. And I think that

balance is often portrayed as the cure-all. It's a balance people say, or you just need to find a work-life balance. But when you think about balance, if you think of it as a scale, it's constantly balancing. There's no such thing as a perfect balance, because if there were, our lives in many ways would be stagnant. They'd be unmoving. And we're constantly balancing. And I think that

balance is often portrayed as the cure-all. It's a balance people say, or you just need to find a work-life balance. But when you think about balance, if you think of it as a scale, it's constantly balancing. There's no such thing as a perfect balance, because if there were, our lives in many ways would be stagnant. They'd be unmoving. And we're constantly balancing. And I think that

In many ways, I like to think of it as a wobble that we have in daily life. We wobble towards different priorities. Again, we might wobble towards different emergencies or interruptions that might occur in our day. And sometimes there's moments in our lives where different things take the priority. And so instead of finding this perfect balance where we're unmoving,

In many ways, I like to think of it as a wobble that we have in daily life. We wobble towards different priorities. Again, we might wobble towards different emergencies or interruptions that might occur in our day. And sometimes there's moments in our lives where different things take the priority. And so instead of finding this perfect balance where we're unmoving,

In many ways, I like to think of it as a wobble that we have in daily life. We wobble towards different priorities. Again, we might wobble towards different emergencies or interruptions that might occur in our day. And sometimes there's moments in our lives where different things take the priority. And so instead of finding this perfect balance where we're unmoving,

if we embrace the fact that we're constantly in flux and we do wobble within our days again maybe we could find some more kindness towards those wobbles rather than judging them and we could see that it's just part of the living and so we can sort of take this idea of balance off its pedestal because we will never really arrive and if we did maybe we'd find it's kind of dull anyway

if we embrace the fact that we're constantly in flux and we do wobble within our days again maybe we could find some more kindness towards those wobbles rather than judging them and we could see that it's just part of the living and so we can sort of take this idea of balance off its pedestal because we will never really arrive and if we did maybe we'd find it's kind of dull anyway

if we embrace the fact that we're constantly in flux and we do wobble within our days again maybe we could find some more kindness towards those wobbles rather than judging them and we could see that it's just part of the living and so we can sort of take this idea of balance off its pedestal because we will never really arrive and if we did maybe we'd find it's kind of dull anyway

Yes, it can feel electric, can't it, those days, Mike, where you do somehow manage to check it all off or the day unfolded in the order that you thought it would. And you feel like you're firing on all cylinders. It's a wonderful feeling. And I think that's perhaps why we chase productivity, because it does feel good on the days that we do the thing. But I think that it feels so good because...

Yes, it can feel electric, can't it, those days, Mike, where you do somehow manage to check it all off or the day unfolded in the order that you thought it would. And you feel like you're firing on all cylinders. It's a wonderful feeling. And I think that's perhaps why we chase productivity, because it does feel good on the days that we do the thing. But I think that it feels so good because...

Yes, it can feel electric, can't it, those days, Mike, where you do somehow manage to check it all off or the day unfolded in the order that you thought it would. And you feel like you're firing on all cylinders. It's a wonderful feeling. And I think that's perhaps why we chase productivity, because it does feel good on the days that we do the thing. But I think that it feels so good because...

In many ways, it's a small miracle of those days that they feel more enlivening because it doesn't happen every day. And so when they do happen, I think there should be a wonderful appreciation for them. But it's acknowledging that not every day is the same. And in many ways, we don't necessarily want that. that would become a groundhog day.

In many ways, it's a small miracle of those days that they feel more enlivening because it doesn't happen every day. And so when they do happen, I think there should be a wonderful appreciation for them. But it's acknowledging that not every day is the same. And in many ways, we don't necessarily want that. that would become a groundhog day.

In many ways, it's a small miracle of those days that they feel more enlivening because it doesn't happen every day. And so when they do happen, I think there should be a wonderful appreciation for them. But it's acknowledging that not every day is the same. And in many ways, we don't necessarily want that. that would become a groundhog day.

If what was once electric, if it happened day after day after day, it would lose its shimmer. And so I think we do want the variance and perhaps it's about finding what works for you to set up the day in a way that might put you in a position to have one of those days, but acknowledge that we also have days that that are littered with distractions and sometimes the day is just not our day.

If what was once electric, if it happened day after day after day, it would lose its shimmer. And so I think we do want the variance and perhaps it's about finding what works for you to set up the day in a way that might put you in a position to have one of those days, but acknowledge that we also have days that that are littered with distractions and sometimes the day is just not our day.

If what was once electric, if it happened day after day after day, it would lose its shimmer. And so I think we do want the variance and perhaps it's about finding what works for you to set up the day in a way that might put you in a position to have one of those days, but acknowledge that we also have days that that are littered with distractions and sometimes the day is just not our day.