Hey everyone and welcome back to my blog. So we’re all still stuck at home and we don’t know how long for, it could be a long haul. So I thought I would share with you all some of my favourite productivity and motivation tips that I use a lot to get shit done. More than ever during lockdown, as it can be harder to get stuff done while we’re all stuck at home and having to adapt how we work. I’ve got 7 different ones to share today so hopefully one of them at least might work for you. THE TIPS 1 - PLAN OUT THE TIME. BREAK IT DOWN. now I’m an organisation nerd. So this for me is crucial. Plan out your time so you know exactly how long you’ve got, or how long you want to do something for. For me something like a google calendar is really useful here because you can use blocks and everything hour by hour etc and clearly see what is where for your schedule. 2 - TO DO LIST. There is nothing more satisfying than making a lost of things you wanna do and then being able to delete them (if this list is digital), tick them off or cross them out. I loveeeee it. So defo think of everything you want to try and achieve in a day or even in a week. You’ll be surprised how much you get done this way because you want the satisfying feeling of having it all ticked off. Smashed it !!! 3 - TAKE REGULAR BREAKS. You can get burn out if you work too hard for too long. And if you’re looking at screens you could give yourself a headache or worse. So schedule in some rest times and breaks too. Put the screen down, get a drink and have a snack. Cuddle your dog/cat for a bit. Then go back to the task at hand with fresh eyes and you’ll be ready to get back on it again. 4 - USE TREATS AS AN INCENTIVE. SNACKS, ALCOHOL, SHOPPING ETC. As bad as it is, this is my most used trick to get shit done. So the premise is you’re bribing yourself. So my fave thing to do, especially I have uni work to do, is this: if I read one of my readings for a lecture I can eat some chocolate. Or if I get all my essays done I can go online and get myself something. You get the gist. Now please be responsible here, I am not saying to completely wipe out your bank balance. Only do it if you’re able to and stick to what you can do. That’s just an example of what I do. You can bribe yourself with anything. Even something simple like running yourself a pampering bubble bath if you get your to do list complete. I love this trick. 5 - PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY. OR ANY OTHER DISTRACTIONS. Seems obvious but it’s harder to do than you think. But putting your phone away or any other distractions like your nintendo switch (who else is guilt here, I know I am) really can help you get shit done as your not tempted to check it if you cant see it lighting up every five seconds. Sometime I put my phone in my book cupboard above my bed for an hour or two and try and get as much done as I can in that time. Like a power hour essentially. 6 - GO TO A DIFFERENT PLACE IN YOUR HOUSE/FLAT. This is a subtle one. But say if you do a lot of work in your bedroom maybe try going into the garden if you have one. Or sitting in the kitchen, you’re closer to snacks that way too!! Sometimes a simple change of setting can really help to make you more productive. Especially as sometimes in bed it is all too tempting to lie down and stick a movie on or worse fall asleep. haha. 7 - PRIORITISE. DO THE THING YOU HATE FIRST SO ITS OVER WITH. This is defo a good one to do. If you keep avoiding the thing you don’t wanna do, it wont get itself done. So bite the bullet and get that dreaded thing done. Then you can do all the nice things on your list of jobs. You will definitely feel good if you get the worst done first. But then even after that prioritise the other tasks. So whatever needs to be done soonest do that first. Or something that cant wait get that done. If it’s a general task like decluttering that you just want to do at some point leave that until further down in time as it can be done whenever really. And that’s it, those are all of my productivity tips and motivation tips for now! If I think of any more I will do another post in the future. I hope you enjoyed reading those and found something useful in there. But for now the care and stay safe and I’ll see you all soon with a new post. All my love, Jade xxx
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