Recently, I came across a keyword called "pseudo-diligence", which means being busy every day with studying or working, but the final results are still unsatisfactory. Thinking about my recent state of life, it seems to have a shadow of pseudo-diligence. During the day, I am in a normal working state, even if I am busy, it is related to the specific business of work, so there is nothing much to say. After work is my free time, during this time, although I am still following my study plan, sometimes I may start at 10 o'clock, and a good state may start at 9 o'clock. Sometimes I convince myself to play a few games, and then the day ends.
The first half of 2018 has already passed. I remember in a previous article, I set a basic standard for myself, which is to strive consistently. This means having patience in learning technical knowledge and ensuring progress every day, rather than being spontaneous. This kind of sporadic effort will not integrate into my knowledge system, and this kind of consistent effort with a shadow of pseudo-diligence will surely yield half the result with double the effort.
I remember in September last year, I even got a gym membership and went every other day for over an hour each time. I persisted for a few months, but starting from this year, I have only been a few times. In the past few weeks, I haven't gone at all. I always feel like there is not enough time, but in the end, I found that I wasted my time on unproductive entertainment, such as browsing Weibo, browsing Zhihu, and watching variety shows. Actually, there is time, but my execution power has weakened. Everyone has inertia, and when staying in the comfort zone for too long, they become unwilling to leave and become lazy, and gradually lose their motivation.
I believe this is also the state of many people. When entering a certain comfort zone in life or work, although we know we still need to work hard, we always lack the willpower to do so. This leads to a state of pseudo-diligence. It may seem like we stay up late on workdays and wake up early on weekends, but how much time is actually properly allocated? The actual improvement for ourselves is definitely meager. With this, I hope that those who are in this state can break free from it and encourage myself to find valuable directions for effort.