8 Tips For Staying Productive and Organized
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Don’t look at your phone for the first two hours that you wake up. Get all the boring tasks out of the way and attempt something small but impactful on your to-do list. Make this a daily habit because morning routines become ingratiated into your schedule. Speaking of to-do lists…
Write everything down. Don’t keep ideas loose in your head— make them real on paper. If you’re a digital person, keep a running list in Notes or Notion apps— but in our opinion, nothing beats a notebook! Color coding, stickers, and images can make your project list seem more important!
Plan in chunks of time. Determine what aspects of your long-term projects are 1 Day Tasks, Weekly Tasks, Monthly Tasks, 6 Month Tasks, and 1 Year Tasks, etc.
Analyze your tasks. Break down each major project goal by listing out every small, medium, and large detail. Organize the list by the level of effort needed— easy, medium, and hard. You’re essentially breaking down every major goal into mini-goals.
If you find yourself with free time but don’t want to waste it, refer to your analyzed project goals and ask yourself “what is the most important task I can be doing with the time I have?” and get to it!
If you are working on multiple projects at once, work on 1-3 mini goals from each project every day to ward off burnout from individual projects AND to finish more in a single frame. [Blog post on batching content coming soon!]
Revise your project goals lists every week. Which tasks are you slacking on? Which areas are you getting quicker at executing? Take note and be conscious of this when plotting your schedule for the following week.
Treat yourself when you’ve accomplished a major goal! If that means getting a massage, ordering a fancy meal, or indulging in something from Office Treats, celebrate your wins for future motivation!
