All right, y'all, pop quiz, how often in the last week have you muttered to yourself under your breath,

I have got to get my shit together?

I have my life pretty together personally, but even I still have this thought sometimes.

And that's because the thought actually is not related at all to how together your life is.

It's actually an echo of a sexist standard that society teaches women to hold themselves to, a standard of perfect

efficiency, capability, and control of all areas of their life, including everything

and everyone around them. But here's what most women don't know. Efficiency is not a good

goal to set for yourself. It's actually a trap that makes you less productive and sabotages

your impact on your own life and the world.

So in this episode I'm going to explain why efficiency is a trap and why if you want to be more productive

and you want to be productive in a way that actually matters,

you should not be aiming for efficiency and what to be thinking about instead.

Welcome to Unfuck your brain.

I'm your host Kara Lowenthile, master certified coach, and founder of the School of New Feminist Thop.

I'm here to help you turn down your anxiety, turn up your confidence, and create a life on your own terms, one that you're truly

excited to live. Let's go. So when you think of productivity, what's the first phrase that comes to mind?

I think for a lot of us it's time management.

We know we have a certain amount of time to use, and we know we have more we want to accomplish than we're currently

accomplishing.

So it stands to reason that we need to use our time better if we want to achieve more.

That seems very matter of fact. We need to get more efficient. We need to get more done in the same amount of time. We need to stop wasting time.

Now, listen, some of you may be wasting time. I'm not saying you're not. But I also waste time. I also scroll social media sometimes. I get

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