Why rigid productivity systems fail me

For years, I tried to copy productivity gurus. The YouTube channels. The blog posts. The Instagram carousels with perfectly colour-coded Notion setups. I kept thinking: if I just follow their system closely enough, something will finally click for me. It never did. Copying the gurus I'd watch someone walk through their whole morning routine. Wake up at 5am. Journal. Time-block the day. Every task in its box, every hour accounted for. It looked so clean.…