Personal Productivity Tips
Building helpful habits Without anyone to check in or hold you accountable in a physical workspace, it’s up to you to embrace accountability and build productive habits. When building positive productivity habits, there are a few categories of things you can do to make the process much easier on yourself. James Clear has an excellent in-depth section that expands on this topic in his book Atomic Habits.
Reinforce helpful actions by making them easier.
Examples of this could be things like laying tomorrow’s outfit out the night before, so you don’t have to stare bleary-eyed at your wardrobe while you’re half asleep in the morning. Make unhelpful actions inconvenient to perform. An example of this might be leaving your phone in a different room from your office (if you struggle with screen time distractions). Make helpful actions rewarding. An example of this might be giving some of the time you’ve saved through productivity back to yourself as free time.
Do Not Disturb (DND)
Notifications, by design, are difficult to ignore. It costs willpower to ignore them — and wouldn’t you rather save that precious resource for things you care more about? Luckily, most operating systems and even communication tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams have a DND feature. This can help you avoid answering notifications while spending less willpower.
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