Robin Waite argues that joy is the key to sustainable productivity. When work feels energizing and enjoyable, you get more done and have more energy for everything else in your life.
And I kind of realized that the secret to productivity isn't discipline. It's in fact joy. But for most of us, they tend not to be the sustainable route to consistent productivity. But I realized through a lot of experimentation and then diving into a bunch of research that actually the secret to productivity that feels enjoyable and meaningful and sustainable is to find a way to make your work feel good, to find a way to make it feel energizing and enjoyable. And if you do that, you'll be more productive in your work, but you'll also have way more energy to give to the other things in your life that matter to you.