Nonsense routine

Society lives immersed in a planning sheet. Every moment is measured, optimised and scheduled in detail. Consumers have embraced the cult of productivity with such fervour that any moment of pause seems to feel like a betrayal.

Longed-for free time, traditionally a synonym of enjoyment and spontaneity, has become a struggle against endless lists of tasks, goals and KPIs, and not only professional ones. The pressure to fill every minute with “useful” activities has even turned leisure time into opportunities to maximise performance, making hobbies almost indistinguishable from daily obligations.

So hobbies are commodified, breaks are scheduled and even intimate personal relationships are planned, leaving little room for improvisation and genuine enjoyment.

People are slaves to their own hyper-organised routines, where every activity must have a clear and measurable purpose to really count. We also feel obliged to plan, assess and record every experience, becoming constant judges of our own lives.

A hyperproductivity that, at toxic levels, can take its toll and cause a mental overload that shows up as anxiety, stress and exhaustion.

Today, the truly subversive thing is not managing to do more in less time, but abandoning the calendar and setting the to-do list aside, even for a moment. Enjoying time without feeling that every second must pay off is perhaps the greatest act of rebellion in this society addicted to optimisation.