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+title: "Re: Continuous Productivity Is Toxic"
+category: "varia"
+abstract: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
+date: 2023-03-23T21:40:49+01:00
+year: 2023
+draft: false
+tags: 
+- free-time
+- hobby
+- hustle
+- brain-baking
+- Seinfeld
+- anime
+- Star-Trek
+- Persona-V
+- gaming
+- TV
+- replies
+- Emacs
+---
+
+ Wouter Groeneveld [published](https://brainbaking.com/post/2023/03/continuous-productivity-is-toxic/) a post about what he calls "toxic productivity." There is a general idea that you can't have a hobby but a side hustle. Now, I am a software engineer as a trade and hobby. I am part of the group which popularized this hustle culture. Yet I agree entirely with Wouter when he writes:
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+> watching Game of Thrones feels like a "*waste of time*" (another very loaded statement), but to others, it's a way to offload stress, to relax, and perhaps even to get inspired.
+
+I watch a lot of TV. My Trakt profile shows about 300 days of watch time since 2015 - and this does not take into account streaming services. Do I consider this time wasted? No. I watched a lot of it with my wife - who gets addicted to modern series easily. And there are series I watch for my own enjoyment.
+
+I watch [Star Trek](/tags/star-trek/) because I love the universe and have a friend with whom I can discuss it. Is it wasted time? No.
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+I watch [Seinfeld](/tags/seinfeld/) because I find it incredibly funny and smart. Recent weeks have been extremely stressful due to family health problems, so I finished my second time through the entire series. Was it wasted time? No.
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+I watch [anime](/tags/anime) because I started when I was 12 and never stopped. I am still amazed by some titles. Was the time to watch them wasted? No.
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+I still [play games](/tags/gaming). I limit it, as I remember that gaming took over my free time for quite when I was younger, and I want to have less homologous free time. But do I conder the 100 hours of [Persona 5](/2023/persona-5/) wasted? No. And it's a great way to rebuild frienship with another friend.
+
+I am learning [FreeBSD](/tags/freebsd), and it's an utterly unmarketable skill for me. I am not a sys-admin, and if I were, it's 2023, and I'd have more job offers after becoming certified in AWS. Yet, it gives a lot of pleasure to experience this OS.
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+I am learning [Emacs](/tags/emacs) not because it makes me more productive (on the contrary!) but because it makes me feel good.
+
+And this is why we need hobbies. We need something just for us, something that makes us happy.
+
+> All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
+