Crazy to say this isn't being productive, just because you're not getting yelled at by middle management or sucked into hour long office meetings during it.
People ITT missing the point. Productivity isn't the goal. Some people struggle with getting things done, but when you frame it as "small tasks that don't matter" it can be easier to handle.
Productivity isn’t the goal. Some people struggle with getting things done, but when you frame it as “small tasks that don’t matter” it can be easier to handle.
Im missing the point of your comment, either productivity isn't the goal or it is. If the point is making tasks easier to handle, that's a productivity goal.
I think this is what people used to do before they were zoned out on their phone for hours on end, and it surely helped their sanity.
I kinda hate using my phone when I am home. Technology is awesome, but tech companies have become a blight on humanity that somehow manages to get more malignant every single year.
Today I pulled the agitator off my 50s era washing machine to clean under it so I can do my laundry, I sprayed some rainwater over the wild-grow area of my lawn to hopefully give it a boost, and I cleaned the toilet.
I'm still puttering around but have yet to soup it up.
oh my god I just realized mid sentence I've only eaten a single cookie since Sunday and I am starving...
You need to soup up your puttering, by which I mean making and eating soup! Or something more snacky and portable so you'll actually eat it. Also good on you for a very productive morning!
Kinda crazy how much shit this post is getting in the comments. You can take 5 minutes to organize a shelf a little. You can take 5 minutes to dust some picture frames.
I think OP has "productivity" linked to making money. Yes cleaning your house IS a form of productivity, you just don't make any money from it.
But sure let's argue semantics and shit on a post trying to be positive and some might find helpful.
33 Comments
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 108d
Crazy to say this isn't being productive, just because you're not getting yelled at by middle management or sucked into hour long office meetings during it.
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 108d
I took it to mean the goal isn't productivity, not that "puttering" isn't productive.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 108d
Everything on the list sounds productive, just not performed under pressure or threat.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 106d
Yes but that's not the goal.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 108d
Yeah, it definitely is being productive to get things done that either must be done or help your mental state.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 108d
But sometimes it helps if you don't think of them as Chores on a List
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 108d
This is basically homemaker.exe
sam@piefed.ca · 9 pts · 108d
People ITT missing the point. Productivity isn't the goal. Some people struggle with getting things done, but when you frame it as "small tasks that don't matter" it can be easier to handle.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · -3 pts · 108d
Im missing the point of your comment, either productivity isn't the goal or it is. If the point is making tasks easier to handle, that's a productivity goal.
sam@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 108d
The goal is small tasks, productivity is a byproduct. It's a framing issue.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · -3 pts · 108d
Okay but small productivity is productivity, you're disagreeing with OP which is fine but you're not getting what OP is saying either.
Frame it however you want, you're concerned with getting the small tasks done. That's not what OP is saying.
sam@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 108d
I did not disagree with OP.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 107d
Your comments do
sam@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 106d
Nope
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 106d
Okay well have fun not understanding OP
Deebster@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 108d
I've never heard anyone say puttering instead of pottering, but my dictionary tells me that the u version is the original, US version.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 108d
TIL pottering is a word
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 108d
Im from the US and never heard the word puttering in my life, nor pottering for that matter
trevdog@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 108d
this is my ideal state of existence. unfortunately, I hardly ever have the time.
Zink@programming.dev · 6 pts · 108d
I think this is what people used to do before they were zoned out on their phone for hours on end, and it surely helped their sanity.
I kinda hate using my phone when I am home. Technology is awesome, but tech companies have become a blight on humanity that somehow manages to get more malignant every single year.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 108d
I call it putzing, but sure
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 108d
Today I pulled the agitator off my 50s era washing machine to clean under it so I can do my laundry, I sprayed some rainwater over the wild-grow area of my lawn to hopefully give it a boost, and I cleaned the toilet.
I'm still puttering around but have yet to soup it up.
oh my god I just realized mid sentence I've only eaten a single cookie since Sunday and I am starving...
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 108d
You need to soup up your puttering, by which I mean making and eating soup! Or something more snacky and portable so you'll actually eat it. Also good on you for a very productive morning!
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 108d
My default state of existence.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 108d
All the described puttering examples are productive, but only for yourself, which The Man has convinced us isn't actual productivity.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 106d
Kinda crazy how much shit this post is getting in the comments. You can take 5 minutes to organize a shelf a little. You can take 5 minutes to dust some picture frames.
I think OP has "productivity" linked to making money. Yes cleaning your house IS a form of productivity, you just don't make any money from it.
But sure let's argue semantics and shit on a post trying to be positive and some might find helpful.
dumples@piefed.social · 2 pts · 108d
I always describe it as cozifying the house. Making it cozy and livable
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 106d
So, do you people have like, 4 hour jobs? If so, that is neat.
Or disability.
What is that like?
toynbee@piefed.social · 1 pts · 106d
Sorting my mail is one of my most stressful activities after meetings with my boss.
Etterra@discuss.online · 0 pts · 108d
Okay I know there's such a thing as frozen soup, but it still looks bizarre AF to suggest thawing out soup when it usually comes in a can.