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What is productivity? It is simply defined as the state of being productive by Google. Before we dive deep into the topic let's understand where the concept of productivity stems from.It was first used around the 1700s and 1800s by the likes of Benjamin Franklin and Adam Smith. My experience with productivity has not been the best.Reason being that I was dependent on someone else(the media) to define productivity for me . If I did not complete the tasks I had, I felt guilty and "unproductive" I then decided to help myself overcome this problem: Heading to the internet to rid myself of my misery was the only fit solution. And guess what, I did find tips and tricks to rid myself of my unproductivity You may ask what they were: *Work for long periods of time: For me this sounded like torture but nonetheless I did it.A few days down the line and I quit.Reason being that it was impossible to keep up and I felt more tired than usual. *Follow a routine everyday: Whilst this seem...

  The first South African novel I had been exposed to was Hlomu the wife by Dudu Busani Dube. Now back to my exposure with the book: I took it upon myself to read this exciting storyline filled with pain and excitement in order to understand my peer's frustrations as to why the series did no justice by the book. I decided to dive deeper and find similar stories and guess what,I went down a rabbit hole of these.Here are some of the books I've read: * Hlomu the wife by Dudu Busani Dube: A young girl moves to Johannesburg to pursue her career in journalism where she ends up falling for a taxi owner(Mqhele). The book follows Hlomu and Mqhele's relationship through hardships and bliss. * Naledi by Dudu Busani Dube: (I read this on wordpress.com and the author has posted the first twelve chapters which means that my summary will be incomplete so I will not be making one) * Love found me broken by Khwezi Buthelezi: Th e story follows a young girl whose life changes in an instant a...