Your productivity and your moral character are not intertwined.
Meaning: Getting things done does not make you a good or better person. And, conversely, failing to be "productive" does not make you a bad person.
… many "productive type things" get thrust upon us by other people. People who have expectations which they've projected upon us without our consent!
They want us to reply to their email within their desired timeframe. Or they want us to be available on Slack when they need us. Or whatever.
And then they have the audacity to be disappointed at us when we do not meet their unfair and un-agreed-upon expectations of what they consider to be "productive behavior".
Well, shame on them. We had better things to do.
(Via Shawn Blanc)
Agreed!