What Maximum Productivity Looks Like for Me

Maximally productive Sasha looks like this:

I have no routine. The closest thing I have to a daily structure is that I usually “meditate,” which is, for me, just sitting mostly still allowing myself to feel whatever it is I feel, either while drinking coffee, or right after it. Sometimes I skip this, when I’m really excited to work on something immediately

I suspect this is all an outgrowth of some underlying trait of mine, which is that I am a person who is difficult to cajole. If I sternly tell myself to do something, I will refuse myself within a few days. This has advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that I spent a lot of time flaking out of jobs, not doing particularly well at school, and, generally, underachieving. The advantage is that, through spontaneously following my excitement, I’ve gradually shifted my life towards one that is composed mostly of my interests, that requires little ongoing strain