Wake Up! 6 Ways to Stop Treating Your Life Like a To-Do List

I pride myself on my productivity and for years prided myself on my ability to “multitask.” I live – LIVE I tell you – for the moment when I can drag my pen across an item on my to-do list. Once I reach a goal, I quickly move on to the next.

That’s what society calls for to be successful, right? Hustling, crushing goals, moving at breakneck speed through life in the pursuit of feeling accomplished? I’ve realized recently that approaching life in that way has left me feeling like I haven’t lived much at all.

What about you—when was the was the last time you watched a tv show without picking up your phone to check your email at some point? Or succeeded at something you’ve worked tirelessly toward and actually savored your win before thinking, “what’s next?”

We’re missing all of the moments that are meant to be savored in the pursuit of productivity.

Here are some ways we can start being active participants in our lives and stop living on autopilot.

1. Tune into your body’s needs.

Pause right now. Take a deep breath. What is

I pride myself on my productivity and for years prided myself on my ability to “multitask.” I live – LIVE I tell you – for the moment when I can drag my pen across an item on my to-do list. Once I reach a goal, I quickly move on to the next.

That’s what society calls for to be successful, right? Hustling, crushing goals, moving at breakneck speed through life in the pursuit of feeling accomplished? I’ve realized recently that approaching life in that way has left me feeling like I haven’t lived much at all.

What about you—when was the was the last time you watched a tv show without picking up your phone to check your email at some point? Or succeeded at something you’ve worked tirelessly toward and actually savored your win before thinking, “what’s next?”

We’re missing all of the moments that are meant to be savored in the pursuit of productivity.

Here are some ways we can start being active participants in our lives and stop living on autopilot.

1. Tune into your body’s needs.

Pause right now. Take a deep breath. What is