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(Originally written and published on Jan 15, 2010)

Slump, n: A period of decline or deterioration, which a person performs slowly, inefficiently, or ineffectively

Lately, I had slipped into a slump. If you’ve been in a slump before, you’ll know how sluggish and disempowering it feels. Sort of like you are stuck and nothing you do translates into any meaningful output.

While you can clear the simple tasks such as checking email, running errands, etc with no problem, it’s different for higher-level Quadrant 2 tasks – it seems tough to even get started. You also feel reactive rather than proactive.

After a while, everything just seems like a drain. Since nothing you do brings about anything, in the end you just don’t feel like doing anything at all. Eventually you turn to sleep as a source of comfort, hoping everything will be better when you wake up the next day.

My Slump for the Past 2-3 Months

That was exactly what I had been experiencing. In retrospect, this slump started about 2-3 months ago. At first, my productivity fell, bit by bit. I reacted by extending the amount of time I was spending on work, at times even pulling all-nighters, hoping it would up my output.

Nada. Instead of getting…

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Published Jan 15 2010
Filed: Productivity & GTD
Tags: inner self, Motivation, slump