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Kathleen Rogers's avatar

"Sometimes the surveillance I put on myself is so heavy that I forget that I have free will."

Dang. So, let me get in the line of people here who are allegedly old enough to know better but for whom this post really rang a bell.

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Laura's avatar

Oh, how this has reached me at the exact right moment. I made a note in my phone last night to write a post about my need to STOP HABIT TRACKING...the pull to productivity is everywhere, it is so entrenched in our collective psyche.

'Rest' is literally one of my words for 2025 and so far I have done very little of it! Thanks for this piece - from another 'tortured eldest daughter who hates captialism' (and going out, obviously) x

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