I really liked this post. As a result of reading it, I’m trialling the following:
Every time I go on my computer or phone, I need to specifically have a plan for one specific thing I am going to do. This can be “check all notifications from X/Y/Z), or “write this one long email”, or even, “15 minutes of unstructured time”, but it should always be intentional. If I get the urge to do something else, I need to save it for a future session, which can be immediately afterwards.
It’s been hard keeping to it, but I do notice myself being more productive when I do. One thing that has stayed is not having an email tab always open. Hoping that over time I get better at following it strictly; it has such immediate positive effects that I’m not so worried I’ll gradually forget and stop, like happened with other productivity attempts (e.g. making to-do lists.)
I really liked this post. As a result of reading it, I’m trialling the following:
Every time I go on my computer or phone, I need to specifically have a plan for one specific thing I am going to do. This can be “check all notifications from X/Y/Z), or “write this one long email”, or even, “15 minutes of unstructured time”, but it should always be intentional. If I get the urge to do something else, I need to save it for a future session, which can be immediately afterwards.
Interested to hear how this goes.
It’s been hard keeping to it, but I do notice myself being more productive when I do. One thing that has stayed is not having an email tab always open. Hoping that over time I get better at following it strictly; it has such immediate positive effects that I’m not so worried I’ll gradually forget and stop, like happened with other productivity attempts (e.g. making to-do lists.)
Yay! Keep up the good work :) I bet there’s a way to stick to it better, I’d advise you to keep trying things on that front.