Becoming Productive in a Distracting World
If you're reading this on your laptop, chances are you are glancing on your phone frequently. You get a notification on your smartwatch, the news or some other channel is playing on your tv. It's easy to be distracted in today's screen living world.
One-click on a Youtube video, and before you know it, it's already evening and the day has passed. Sure, watching a video of cakes looking like hyper-realistic everyday objects is fun. But your to-do list won't run by itself.
When you want to build a healthy and wealthy lifestyle, you can't go about your day being unproductive. You can't just react to things and let the hours go by without accomplishing anything of worth. You can't rush when it's the deadline and hope for the best.
Becoming productive, especially if you are working-from-home, makes or breaks your success in life. In a distracting world, here are a few tips to make you more focused.
Develop and Commit to A Morning Routine - go on Youtube (with intention, this time) and search for CEO morning routines. There you will find a dozen videos teaching us the power of a solid morning routine.
James Clear, in his book Atomic Habits, explains, "You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."
Whether you know it or not, you have systems in your life. If you don't fix the system that is running your day, you won't reach your maximum potential.
This guide should help you develop a good morning routine.
The Ultimate Morning Routine To Make You Happy and Productive All Day.
Focus on One Thing at a Time - we know that distractions are the hindrance to our productivity. We need to remove these things or learn to mute them. It's important to know where and when you are most capable of working with focus. If you can't stand absolute quiet, perhaps working in a cafe or co-working space will do the trick. Is the noise bothering you too much? Get noise-cancelling headphones that block out even the sound of your breathing!
Are social media and your phone the constant cause of your distraction? Try apps like Forest that help you stay away from your work so you can submit that spreadsheet on time! Don't be afraid of using technology to combat technology.
Plan the little things - decision fatigue is real. It's when the quality of your decision deteriorates over time because your mind is doing a lot of thinking. Notice how it's harder to work out at night than in the morning? Or, how easy it is to forego plans of not drinking because of peer pressure? That's decision fatigue.
Planning things in advance help you by taking away micro-decisions. Having a meal plan throughout the week, help you eat healthier without overthinking too much on the matter.
Here at BWG Lifestyle, we offer Meal Plans that are not only healthy and delicious but also fit for your budget.
If you don't have time to cook, or you need more time to do other things, healthy meal planning with BWG is the solution for you! We will schedule your healthy meals. We have 5 packages consisting of 5, 10, 15, 20, or 25 meals.
Prioritize - being productive also means knowing what's important and what isn't. Do you really need to upload a TikTok video that will take you about an hour to edit? If it's part of your work, then, by all means, you are paid to do it! But if it takes away precious time for you to eat, sleep, or exercise, drop the phone.
Learn to identify what is urgent and what can be done in a later time.
