Opinion | The toxicity of over-productivity

A laptop, notebook and coffee mug resting on a table. Nick Morrison via Unsplash Lately, social media seems to be an endless whir of “productive day-in-the-lives” complete with 5 a.m. pilates classes, color-coded planners and seven-hour study sessions. Helaine Zhao, a student at Harvard University, posts videos that almost perfectly emulate this routine.Everyday, we watch as strangers meticulously organize their days and seem to accomplish more before noon than most of us do in an entire week. But what are the ramifications of this picture-perfect portrayal flooding our screens daily? What is the end goal, and more importantly, what have we come to define success as?The United States is a nation deeply entrenched in the mindset of hustle culture, where it seems productivity has become equated with personal worth. Hustle culture is a lifestyle that promotes long working hours and non-stop productivity.

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