- Remove distractions & addictions:
- No Clickup, project management software or emails until after lunch.
- DO NOT even open them in the morning.
- Hide your phone, behind you, or in another room. Silent mode is not enough.
- Every time you open your phone, you are flooded with distraction. Go back to brain dumping on notepad instead of phone, and reconcile them in a digital note at the end of the day.
- It’s much easier to change your environment, than to resist temptation constantly. Use blockers, timers, DND mode, and physically remove distractions to reduce your mental surface area.
- Work with intention
- Every day set ONLY x1…
- x1 growth task,
- x1 maintenance task
- x1 life admin task
- x1 personal task
- x1 fun activity per day
- Anything else is a bonus.
- Every day set ONLY x1…
- Set yourself up for momentum:
- Plan a1hr growth task the day before.
- Prep everything for it the night before.
- Do your Most Important Task first in the morning. (Not your most urgent, your most important.)
- Work in sprints
- Plan intense 40 min work blocks.
- Set a timer or chime.
- Stop at the end of each block, even if you still have energy.
- Take a 10min break before your tired.
- Play a short video game, grab a coffee,, ot do something that requires only your “little mind”
- Try to alternate between mental tasks and physical tasks
- Be realistic
- leave 15min between each task for spillover tasks.
- leave x1 block of at least 1hr for flexible or unexpected tasks.
- Timeblock and plan your whole day. but expect your plan to change. Every time it changes, just rewrite your plan.
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