{"id":76396,"date":"2026-03-01T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zigarren.zone\/?p=76396"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:10:20","slug":"edition-26-03-cigars-against-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zigarren.zone\/en\/edition-26-03-zigarren-gegen-produktivitat\/","title":{"rendered":"EDITION 26\/03: Cigars against \u201cproductivity\u201d - smoke instead of to-do tyranny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At some point, you look at your to-do list and realise that it's no longer a list. <em>That is a threat.<\/em> Colour-coded, slick, passive-aggressive, she tells you: \u201eYou're not enough. But we could work on that.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And outside they're running around, the productivity priests. Calendars like Tetris on caffeine. \u201eThree calls, two deadlines, yoga on the side.\u201c Yoga on the side. Of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That's where the cigar comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The cigar, man!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not as laziness. As a counterculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cigar is not efficient. It is slow, wilful and cannot be rushed. You can't multitask it. If you try, it gets hot, bitter, offended. It demands presence - and that's almost radical these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Productivity has become a religion: Getting up early, deep work, 17 apps that tell you that you don't exist without them, and a morning routine at 05:30 while you scream inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The cigar does not go along with this.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is an interruption that says: \u201eSit down. Pull. Stop treating yourself like a project.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don't switch off. You are switching back. Away from the optimisation algorithm, towards being human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The to-do list remains. But it shrinks. Suddenly it's just: \u201eAh yes, tasks.\u201c And not: \u201eYour value is attached to an email.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are not necessarily more productive after 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But clearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And clarity is real efficiency - only without the burnout soundtrack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world continues to hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But you with a cigar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1em\"><strong><em>With a cigar, man!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Would you like to comment? With pleasure! You can get started below!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bildnachweis\">Picture credits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cover: ChatGPT: \u201eDraw an abstract picture representing March. 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