One of the greatest problems that I (and many of you) face in life is the inability to stay productive. I procrastinate like a pro and It gets worse with time. But I always try to get it all done right before the deadline too. Every time I will tell myself ,"You are not gonna waste time this time" "You're gonna be super productive", but to my dismay, I will find myself falling into my lazy old habits again.
And it's worse when I get a holiday or a vacation and I decide to be very creative and finally develop my skills or do more DIY or learn cooking...since there's no deadline or anything and the days will roll by leaving me still the same old person without a bit of improvement or change. I will regret like anything about the long gone precious time I could have used so well.
Being productive is very important because of the fact that it will help you improve, prioritize tasks, get your things done, make you feel happy, and motivates you to do further more and I am sure all of you have experienced this at some point of time.
Maybe you need not need any tips or advice to practice being productive and have already mastered the art of getting things done. Well good for you then!(I envy you) But if you are a lazy pig like me who needs extra self-motivation or a push to do something then you probably should continue reading!
I have a dear friend of mine who gets all the work done and enjoy his time only after the works are over. He is so determined and productive so that nothing would stop him from completing his tasks. And finally I would find him enjoying the benefits that he got himself by being productive.
This has inspired me to fiercely jump into a task, but my lazy mind would get stuck somewhere in the middle of the race and it would take a while to be on track and I really hate this. I have many other friends who has inspired me in this way. And I guess its just the way different people are disciplined or habituated. Some are naturally lazy ( like me lol!*winks*) and some are super determined.
I finally tumbled upon a cool idea to push myself to be productive and get my works done. I found this on the internet a few days back and its actually working for me now. Its really simple and creative and thus it caught my eye right at the moment I saw this tip and I was like, "It should definitely help me" and then I used it and I can't believe that some of the things that needed to be done were not even actually a difficult task and all you have to do is to push your lazy self into it and just do it!!
Without further ado, here's steps to be done...Really simple and yet helpful. Its more like a creatively complicated to-do-list that you cross after its done.
#1.Make a list of all the things that you need to do daily. Make sure that it does not include really simple things and includes the tasks that will actually provide you some benefit.
#2.After you are clear about the things to be done, now take a plain book and create a plan like shown below in the picture. I prefer books because it could be used to draw more plans when the first one has timed out.
#3.You can be creative and do whatever in it to make it beautiful and interesting for you.
#4.Keep this on your desk or somewhere so that it would catch your attention and mentally note that you have a plan written that needs to be crossed off once you get things done.
#5.After doing each task just check or draw cross against the tasks written.
#6.At the end of the day make sure that all the task are crossed and you won't believe the immense happiness you would feel at that moment.
The above is actually my productivity tracker and this is a redo because my original one (which was done on a paper) got tampered and it cannot be further used. You could either do like this or add more decorations or make it really simple. The point is, it should have all the major tasks written on it and make sure you get it done as much as you can (Ignore the blank circles that needs to be crossed!! I couldn't complete them due to lack of time or my presence at the right place).
Getting things done would become so much fun for you because:
1) You actually have a productivity tracker.
2) The creativity involved in making it and seeing it would ignite your energy.
3) A sense of accomplishment succeeding it after its done, will become a bigger motivation for you to move forward.
I bet all the creative folks out there are excited to do this tip and if you are, I advice you to start doing it as soon as possible because the time is slipping away, grab it before its gone forever. Stay productive with the help of this tracker and I am sure you'll never have to regret again for being lazy.
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