Why conventional productivity systems often fail us, and what you need to do instead to be an inspired writer, artist, creator — My productivity obsession (and how it failed) What does productivity look like, for creatives? In the late nineties, this became an urgent question for me. After my son was born, I could no longer work where and when I wanted. My hours were constrained by the availability of childcare, and later by his school timetable. …