What are your top productivity habits?

Routines are very powerful. I like consistency and tend to do the same things every day. My mornings: - Wake up at 5:20am - Quickly shower and head to Philz at 5:45am to work for a few hours - Head to the office at 7:30am - Leave the office to the gym around 2pm - After the gym head home and WFH the rest of the afternoon/evening - In bed around 9pm

@darko_kolev The first thing I would have to say is Don't Take On Too Much because it's a recipe for frustration and decision-spinning. The amount of work a single project requires can sometimes be mind-boggling and if you're starting from scratch and learning as you go, a lot of effort goes unrewarded until it becomes a matter-of-course. If I find I'm having an unfocused day, I'll use a Pomodoro session or two to get down to work. Stating intentions also really works - sometimes visiting Momentum Dash and putting in my big focus goal (which usually looks like​ "30 email 5 sublet ads publicize blog post drop X off at Y's go running") in the morning means I get all those things done. Definitely if I hit the 2 pm "I need a nap" slump (only 10-15 min long, but naps really work) I state my intention "when I get up, I'm going to do this," and I always do. I got way too caught up in Productivity Porn for a long time and yet was dissatisfied​ with the documentia (recording too much to no real benefit). Also, the tools to match my habits were either too blank or too advising, which is another subtle source of pressure. So I created my own agenda template because I really do find when you write shit down, it eventually gets done, and you process your thoughts and keep better memories. I created The Tactical Chronograph which is a monthly agenda, downloadable and printable. (You can see it at my site, projectica.org, and on my FB page.) I don't use it every day, but I catch it all up 3-4 times a week. I haven't released it on ProductHunt, but I did release its companion planner, https://www.producthunt.com/post... - basically for people at a crossroads or at a stage where they want to collect and strategize major endeavours in their life. We each just need to figure out a few hacks that are me-specific and also use the ones that really are good advice for everyone - such as writing things down, marking the passage of time, and make it a habit, but not an obsession.

@darko_kolev I wrote about all my hacks in my blog post on how I spend my day https://gipsybot.com/a-typical-d...

@darko_kolev My top productivity habits are: 1. Get at least 7.5 hours of sleep per night for optimal energy. 2. Intermittent fasting to reduce cravings and avoid the "2:30 feeling". 3. Weight lifting and high-intensity interval training 5-6x per week. 4. Journal at the end of each day to reflect and keep improving. 5. Track all of my goals and habits to stay on top of what matters most.

@darko_kolev Morning rituals I'd say; Meditate, Gratitude, Journal and read and learn something new every single morning.

@darko_kolev I also have a "Master list" but without splitting them by importance. I use Google Keep. I also use the Pomodoro technique but like your idea of being explicit about what's the goal of the current task in that cycle. I often catch myself refactoring code that's unlikely to be kept for a long time or that simply works fine and there's no need to improve it by 1-5% I also keep a journal. It's called 5 min journal which I took the headings after learning it from Tim Ferriss [1] My routine looks a bit like this: - wake up and do some stretching - make a cup of tea - read 5/10 minutes some sort of Spiritual/Stoic short quotes/pages. At the moment I'm reading 'The Daily Stoic Book' by Ryan Holiday. - get ready for work (make the bed, change clothes, etc.) even when working from home - write the first part of the 5-min journal (all the above takes about an hour) - start working in the evening: - turn off lights/reduce light after dinner - watch Netflix or do something relaxing like reading a book - go to sleep early-ish, like 11 pm To keep things balanced throughout the week I also: - walk to work, it takes 30/40 mins each way. - go to the gym once or twice a week - run once or twice a week An old blog post of mine about the topic: https://medium.com/@gianpaj/how-... [1] - https://miriamballesteros.com/ca...

@darko_kolev We talked about this on our episode where @eriklgillespie gave his top 3 disciplines: https://www.producthunt.com/post... TLDR; 1) Check Ins, Masterminds, Feedback, etc... 2) Waking Up 3) Restricting Availability to Distractions We also listen our #1 thing we've found helpful recently. Mine was writing things down and not getting distracted by new ideas: https://www.producthunt.com/post...