I am 30yo and must-have dabbled every form such productivity routines in the past decade. Divvying up my life into tasks and further dividing into four priorities, like the author suggests, never worked for me. If it does for you, awesome! More importantly though, it's fine if it doesn't.<p>There absolutely no reason why time needs to be spent productively. There isn't anyone standing at the finish line, grading you how you spent your life. This isn't to say it isn't good for you. Learning, doing, and growing is one of the better pleasures of life. What's shitty though is the sense of guilt that is being induced every day that somehow wasting time is a grave sin. Once I realized that I don't "need" to do anything, I actually became more productive. I felt more creative energy and when I allowed myself the freedom to pursue what I felt like vs planning it all out ahead. Doing the latter, only gave me anxiety.