What habits have helped you to be more productive?
Ollie Chap
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I'm looking for a few more habits to add to my routine to help me stay productive. I currently gym and meditate every day to help keep my head clear, and read most days to expand my knowledge.
I'm always interested to hear about other routines or habits :D
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Marquis Kurt@marquiskurt0
One thing that's helped me in particular is using kanban boards to organize and keep track of the tasks I need to do. GitHub comes with a solution for this built-in via Projects, and it ties in really well with issues and milestones.
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I've started using the Pomodoro 🍅 technique to get myself into deep work mode using Pomodoro Time
Another thing is committing to take an hour for lunch 🍽️ and maximising it by challenging myself to make the most of it every day. Here's an article I wrote about 'The Perfect Lunch Hour' if anyone wants some new ideas 💡 https://medium.com/@homewerk/the...
@homewerk @nathansvirsky Cheers, I typically workout before work, but ill give it a crack during lunch this week :D
If you sleep early and wake up at 5 am with full rest ... Then drink 3 glass warm water and then strech ... This gives your mind bigger boost ... Now visualise your goal for day or week or month or year
@ankur_saxena_iit Whats the idea behind the water being warm?
@ollie_chapman warm water helps in digestion and removing sticky residue from stomach and intestine...results in better digestion and absorption of nutrients rest of day
Journal or Log your day, have a notepad or a notetaking app open on your second screen and write down with timestamps what you are doing or just did.
I use Roam Research for it, and it really makes me more aware of my behavior.
Laughing. There's a lot of great productivity methods and tools that help me when I'm in the middle of a task, but it's also so helpful to remember that I'm not just a robot 🤖 Taking a break in-between tasks and listening to a funny podcast, YouTube clip, or whatever helps me clear my head, boost my energy, and lighten the mood. I love what I do, and laughing reminds me of that while keeping me in a great head space throughout the day.
Switching to nutritionally complete food gave me a productivity boost.
Malnutrition can cut productivity by up to 20% according to the study of the International Labour Organization.
Despite the workload, although it felt like insanity in the beginning; sleeping, waking and eating at the same time everyday helps a lot, it was a difficult habit to cultivate though.
Apart from that, regular yoga and intermittent fasting are also very helpful.
I am biased, buuut I can totally recommend Tangerine (https://tangerine.app/) to help you organize your routine 🙂
Disclaimer: I am one of the co-founders.
Writing to improve thinking has been a game-changer for me this year.
I stretch my legs to get the blood flowing any time I just want a little break.
But, as a daily routine, I have a 10min exercise to straighten my back and improve my posture.
Talking with friends and family can also be meaningful and help my mind rest for a while.
Or, just anything I feel creative with to decompress, like say, make a facebook post.
Huge hack: make your alarm music that gets you pumped/music you associate with working out and activity. Makes it so much easier to get out of bed and get the day starting. Not quite a productivity hack, but IMO getting an early start is half the battle.
Thanks to Google For Startups I've discovered Make Time concept. Totally worth it. https://maketime.blog/
I think you'd love my book, Indistractable, @ollie_chapman Please let me know what you think of it.
I learned that being productive is about setting clear goals, effective prioritization, and cutting unnecessary things from your routine to free time/energy for more important tasks.
When I started becoming better at these 3 things, I stopped using many productivity apps and only needed a simple piece of paper or a Doc/Notion sheet that worked perfectly well for me.
Once you overcomplicate your processes it starts eating your energy. Keep it simple.
@andrewsorohan Good advice! I've been playing around with Notion for the last few weeks and seems like a super useful tool to keep track of everything.