Microdosing Discipline
MY-kroh-doh-sing DIS-uh-plinnoun
DiagnosisMild, highly publicised
What it means
Performing the smallest visible version of a healthy habit and claiming the identity of somebody who does it properly.
What it actually means
I did five minutes and I have told everyone.
How it is used in a sentence
"I have been microdosing discipline. One workout a fortnight and a lot of talking."
Filed under
Lifestyle & Well-Being — The industry built around resting properly, which has somehow become another job.
Coinage — There was no phrase for this. We supplied one.
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Lifestyle & Well-BeingnounCoinage
Applying productivity software to the business of being a person, on the assumption that the problem was never the software.
Real meaningI have optimised everything and I am exhausted.
Productivity Guilt
Lifestyle & Well-Beingprod-uk-TIV-ih-tee giltnounCoinage
The low-grade dread of not working, felt most sharply while resting, which cancels the rest and guarantees the need for more of it.
Real meaningI cannot enjoy this because I should be working.