TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 7, 2021

There is a general trend toward pursuing productivity, with lawyers trying to find the next productivity app, hack or guru, legal innovator Olga V. Mack writes in Above the Law. And while getting more organized or pursuing self-improvement is not bad, she cautions against falling into the trap of toxic productivity. She defines the term as trying to schedule the maximum amount of output for every minute of the day, filling every moment with back-to-back meetings, projects or research, with little-to-no time for breaks. Toxic productivity assumes we can always perform at our best and all we must do is pack our days. But reality does not agree, she argues. Instead, she says, recognize you can’t do it all alone and then find a support group or other structure that allows you to distribute your load equally and sustainably.