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Feb 28, 2022Liked by Jean Hsu

so much of this resonated, esp the loops of trying to reframe unproductive time productively and wondering if I actually like the things I like or if it’s just what I’ve been socialized to…. thank you for writing! And huge congrats on the half marathon 😁

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This was a good read! I try to make it to the office most days of the week because I feel I can concentrate better and be *more productive*. For me, much of productivity is tied to performance evaluation and wanting others to see me as competent (esp as a minority person in a backend team), and also vanity around ladder climbing...

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Thank you for sharing this, Jean. I tend to forget in these interesting times that a balanced approach to hitting goals is a nice garden clad walkway with interesting forays on every which side, and not an clinical, ironclad hamster wheel masquerading as *the* path to increasing success. (pray-emoji-goes-here)

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so much of this resonated, esp the loops of trying to reframe unproductive time productively and wondering if I actually like the things I like or if it’s just what I’ve been socialized to…. thank you for writing! And huge congrats on the half marathon 😁

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