The Dark Source of My Extreme Productivity
<p><em>Coping mechanisms…</em></p>
<p>We all have them (to one degree or another.)</p>
<p>Some prefer alcohol, food, or drugs to calm the nervous system and silence those “pesky” emotions.</p>
<p>Others use video games or endlessly scrolling on social media to “<em>numb out</em>.”</p>
<p>In small doses, these vices are socially acceptable.</p>
<p>However, if one goes too far, their “coping mechanism” becomes disruptive, and they’re either shunned or, in the best cases, encouraged to seek help.</p>
<p>But other coping mechanisms like extreme productivity, over-exercising, and calorie restriction are far more insidious because they‘re celebrated in our culture.</p>
<p>For example, in my <a href="https://medium.com/six-figure-soloprenuer/how-i-made-the-leap-from-lawyer-to-full-time-content-creator-5c3dde300477" rel="noopener">former career as an attorney</a>, working yourself to death was a badge of honor.</p>
<h2><a href="https://medium.com/six-figure-soloprenuer/how-i-made-the-leap-from-lawyer-to-full-time-content-creator-5c3dde300477?source=post_page-----cfe4e1a37df9--------------------------------" rel="noopener follow" target="_blank">How I Made the Leap From Lawyer to Full-Time Content Creator</a></h2>
<h3><a href="https://medium.com/six-figure-soloprenuer/how-i-made-the-leap-from-lawyer-to-full-time-content-creator-5c3dde300477?source=post_page-----cfe4e1a37df9--------------------------------" rel="noopener follow" target="_blank">Perspective, plan, & execution.</a></h3>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/six-figure-soloprenuer/how-i-made-the-leap-from-lawyer-to-full-time-content-creator-5c3dde300477?source=post_page-----cfe4e1a37df9--------------------------------" rel="noopener follow" target="_blank">medium.com</a></p>
<p>It was common to hear young associates brag with equal parts pride and smugness —</p>
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<p>I billed 75 hours last week and slept 2 hours a night.</p>
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<p><em>Wow…what a life.</em></p>
<p>I even knew a guy who missed the birth of his child to stay at work and finish a brief.</p>
<p>He could have passed it off to someone else, but WORK was more important to him than his newborn baby or his relationship with his wife.</p>
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