“We all know that appearance and reality are not necessarily the same, but the more I tried to achieve the perfection this trend asks for, the more I felt like it just... wasn’t enough.”— Shamani Joshi, vice.com
“I used to get so frustrated, on a potato day; I couldn’t understand why I’d been such a dynamo one day and useless the next.”— Amy Dallen, twitter.com
“Workplace chat apps like Slack sold themselves to large corporations as “email killers,” and messaging apps replaced email as many people’s primary inboxes. Yet email lives”— Kevin Roose, nytimes.com
“I've long believed that breaks are essential for a productive workday.”— Emily Schuman, cupcakesandcashmere.com
“Every single time you tell a secret or important information to someone, if it’s interesting enough, they will tell their one person.”— Brianna Wiest, medium.com
“Remind yourself that when your heart is beating fast and your palms are sweaty, these are physiological responses that are helping shunt resources to your body and brain so you can think and focus on the things you wanna focus on.”— Clay Skipper, gq.com
“Being productive is awesome, but it's anxiety-inducing to try to pack in too much”— Money Diaries, refinery29.com
“Slowing one’s output can be beautiful. And history suggests artists might do well to release less.”— Benjamin McCormick, medium.com
“Not only are you allowed to relax every once in a while, but it is healthy to relax. It will make you more productive once you’re back working again.”— Holly Riordan, thehhub.com
“Hey, you. You're doing okay. You might be treading water, or you might be floating, but soon you'll want to swim again. Chilling out is part of the creative cycle. The art is in you, waiting to break free at exactly the right time.”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.com
“You don't always have to have something to do. Don't rush. Conserve some of your resources for yourself.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Shawn: Holy crap, are you checking your email? Gus: I get productive when I'm nervous.”— Steve Franks, Burton 'Gus' Guster, Dule Hill, imdb.com
“My 2am self is someone who I aspire to be like every hour of the day.”— Brandon Woelfel, twitter.com
“Creativity has boundaries. Set some clear boundaries to be creative within them. An easy one is time . . . What are you going to do today? And what are you going to achieve in the time blocks within the day? It’s the most productive way. If you don’t plan you’ll probably do nothing.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“Practical tip: the same time & energy you’re using to see how your past projects “performed,” could be used to create something new and better. Make. Let go. Repeat.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“Some days I run aground because the work is difficult. Other days I run aground because working is difficult. These are two different things, and knowing the difference between them is how I eke productivity out of some of the worst times.”— Howard Tayler, twitter.com
“The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.”— Thomas Sowell, amazon.com
“No matter how small, start now. 15 minutes toward your goal is better than 0 minutes.”— J.T. Ellison, twitter.com
“In terms of something tangible, I do try to produce something every day.”— Matt Maldre, gapersblock.com
“I have no control over the middle of the day. It’s the god damn wild west: my desk, an old swing-door saloon; my swivel chair, a bucking bronco.”— Amelia Diamond, manrepeller.com