Confession: I’m Obsessed with Life Hacks—but My Life Feels Broken
A confession about the paradox of over-optimizing life while under-living it.
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Tags: obsession with productivity, burnout, toxic self-improvement
I’ve watched every productivity guru on YouTube.
I have five habit tracker apps. I plan my day by the hour.
I buy journals I never finish. I try new hacks every week.
And yet… I feel stuck.
I’m optimizing a life I’m not really living.
Deep down, I think I’m addicted to self-improvement because I don’t believe I’m enough without it.
I keep trying to fix myself. But I don’t even know what “fixed” looks like.
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