I’ve been enjoying The Cooper Review, the satirical blog of Sarah Cooper that features weekly original articles, videos and cartoons on workplace humor. I happened to catch one of the cartoons in a recent Medium post called “9 Cartoons To Help You Avoid Any Work.” It really spoke to me about our culture of overwork, especially in the nonprofit sector.
The header to this cartoon in the article is “Be Realistic About Your Productivity Goals.” And, of course, we have all experienced attempting to get a task down and not allocating enough time. It isn’t so much about time management, perhaps, as it is about energy or attention management, and also being able to prioritize what is really important. How important are all of the 50 things on your to do list?