In this century where technology is vast and everyone is easily distracted by it, especially with social media, it is important for one to have a means to stay productive and become less distracted. With this, one can get the most important things of their life done.
As for me, the number one hack that I use to stay productive is:
I get energized when I stand up early from bed and this is because I get to start my day early and am able to do the important things in my life early. Most of the time, I wake up between 4am and 6am. Anything later than that time is already late for me. With this time, I get to arrange my room, think about what I need to cover through the day, and list them and make sure they are done.
Most of the times, I always do have a lot of things to do by the day but I try not to make myself overwhelmed by these things but instead break them down to the top 5 most important things that I must accomplish no matter what. If I don't do anything at all, I must make sure that I do something out of these 5 things, and I begin my day with doing it.
Sometimes, I create a time block for my activity. All thanks to my smart watch, I set a daily reminder for my watch to vibrate at a certain time of the day. When my watch vibrates, I try as much to round up whatever activity I was on, or leave it entirely to do that activity that is needed at that time.
There is something called habit stacking. I stack my habits so my body gets to know that when this activity is done, then I should do the next. Every evening by 8pm, my watch vibrates that I should take my evening shower and brush my teeth. I do make sure that is done, and after that, I know that the next activity I have to do next is my mod duty on Hive Learners. By 9pm, my alarm goes on again to remind me that I should have finished with the duty and I should give myself a 30-minute break.
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| My alarm clock that rings | My Smart Watch that vibrates |
For now, what I just do is:
- Waking up early to plan my day
- List out 3-5 top most important task to do for the day
- Set alarms and stack habits
What I am learning to do now is plan my week ahead, especially for activities that are consistent on each day of the week. So this would make me have a view on things I need to do. I am making use of Notion Calendar year because it is easy to also take notes on those activities while you plan them. I would keep working it out till I get used to it.
What about you? What do you do to stay productive?
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