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When productivity techniques become compulsive

I use a pomodoro timer but spend the break time checking if I'm using the break time correctly instead of actually resting.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Methods designed to improve focus can themselves become objects of anxious attention that defeat their original purpose.

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