Productivity

In the TV show The Bear, there’s a scene that shows a wall with a timer and a plaque beneath it. The plaque reads: “Every second counts.”

Feeling overwhelmed? Write it down. Feeling lost? Write it down. Feeling inspired? Write. It. Down.

For over a year, I logged every 30-minute chunk I could’ve spent making my life—or someone else’s—better. Every half hour where I gave into impulse and gave up control… was no longer mine.

I woke up at 5:00 AM today, not as part of a "seize the day" productivity practice, but because I struggled to fall and stay asleep. Like many of us, I grabbed my phone and spent 30 minutes scrolling through it, a decision I knew I would regret.