When we think "Productivity" we typically think of staying focused, staying on task, with steady progress towards our goals of accomplishing and finishing tasks. Only now do I realize that Boredom can also serve as a tool for productivity, driving us to continue to find and or create new things that help to stimulate us.
For myself I continually want something to please my aesthetic senses, or to stimulate new thought related to my old thoughts. There is an initial honeymoon phase of excitement upon coming up with something new, which then quickly begins to fade as I once again become hungry. The hunger itself, a hunger for something fresh, can be a driving tool for productivity.
I often beat myself up over "not being productive." Suddenly after many years of chasing what I find stimulating, I have a small body of work in the form of photographs and written blog entries. I have long considered myself "lazy" and "unproductive", which I definitely am in some areas. But there are some areas where I am productive, even if it may not be as consistent or prolific as I might dream of. I hope perhaps one day some kind of tapestry I will be content will might reveal itself in time.
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