How auto-exploitation has had us giving our freedom away willingly…
We are not isolated individuals seeking individual isolated goals. We have nothing to prove. No approval needed. Be your worst self! Do what you should, not just what you can. Processivity over Productivity; the doing is better than the done.
Not that you shouldn’t finish anything, but that you should finish everything. So, be realistic and complete goals, but make the goals small and achievable. And make ‘making’ a goal in itself. Don’t buy something when you can make it! Even of that is more costly in the short term. Buying ingredients and kit to make bread is an obstacle, but the ‘ownership’ of the resultant bread is key.
Think about all those things you ‘had’ to do during Covid (including sour dough loaves!). These were necessary because our burn out and self-exploitation were forcibly removed. Be honest. Weren’t there times you missed Covid. (Not the needless deaths and Government hypocrisy!)
Being prevented from (fake) “freedom” – freedom of choice, but where others decide the options – actually freed us in meaningful ways. It also gave our dogs the best time!
We truly live when we just live. Be eclectic in your interests and be kind to everyone (including yourself!)