THE PRODUCTIVITY EDIT
This month we are investigating productivity, how the obsession with it has evolved through the pandemic and discovering ways we can analyse our own relationship with it for a healthier outlook. Scroll down to meet June’s Yes Listers.
LETS TALK ABOUT PRODUCTIFFANY
Tiffany Ferguson’s #InternetAnalysis video series is a great place to start unpacking why we are so obsessed with productivity, particularly during this pandemic. Tiffany asks the questions:
‘how do we strike a balance between productivity and relaxation?’
‘why is productivity so important?’
‘why do we feel obligated to be as productive as possible?’
HOW ARE YOU FEELING NOW?
For Charli XCX ‘staying positive goes hand in hand with being creative.’ Finding herself in lockdown Charli threw herself into writing, producing and releasing her new album how i’m feeling now.
Charli kept her creative process transparent and online which gives us an insight into what it’s like to create an album in six weeks… Exhilarating? Exhausting? We’ll let you make up your own mind.
📷: Marcus Cooper
HOW TO DO NOTHING
In How to Do Nothing, Resisting the Attention Economy Jenny Odell argues for ‘the right to do nothing in the age of everything’.
Despite the title, Odell doesn’t advocate for giving up, but rather that ‘refusing productivity and stopping to listen - entails an active process of listening that seeks out the affects of racial, environmental and economic injustice and brings about real change’.
JOIN THE @SADGIRLSCLUB
Elyse Fox is a filmmaker, activist and founder of Sad Girls Club.
Any expectation to be productive whilst living through a global pandemic is bound to leave many people feeling lost. Sad Girls Club is a safe corner of the internet which creates community in mental health.
OUR REFLECTIONS
Check out our reflections on what productivity means to us and share your own thoughts with us too - we can’t wait to hear what you think!