Productivity was invented to support the myth that people are worthless and toil is sacred.

alexandraerin:

Productivity is not the same thing as accomplishment. It doesn’t exist as a concept to justify anyone’s existence or continued employment or general worthiness. It exists to justify denying these things when it proves expedient to do so.

We are worth more than the wealth we generate for others. We are more than the tasks we can check off on a checklist. We have value that cannot quantified by any metric.

The first thing in life is to do what you need. Sometimes, success means you get by even when the world doesn’t recognize the value of your existence.

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