Hello Earthlings,
One of my New Years Resolution's is to procrastinate less which should lead to higher productivity. I find myself "quickly looking" at what is happening on any social media and it ends up being about half an hour and I even get to the point where I think "Oh, I've already read this I should turn it off now" but some little place in my brain ignores this and continues scrolling. It would be easy for me to say that I'm just going to delete them off my phone and just look when I am on my laptop but then I can't promote my blog as much as I want to so it is a case of striking the right balance.
In a bid to be more organised and general "getting my life sorted" I have invested in an "Important Documents" folder. I know, I know, I could easily just get a normal folder and put dividers in it and do it myself but the truth is, I have no idea what sections I'd need. Instead of being defeated and leaving my notes in a messy pile I did a bit of hunting and found the perfect folder. It is from kikki.K and includes customisable tabs and various sheets to help you stay organised, the link to mine is here yet there is also a great one available from Paperchase. Alternatively you can buy your own folder and make some quirky dividers.
I thought I would include a few tips on ways you can be more productive:
1.) Leave your phone in another room.
If like me your phone is always next to you then you'll probably find it really hard to not pick it straight up whenever you see a notification, even if it is just a notification from Twitter saying someone has followed someone else. I advise you to leave your phone somewhere away from you and on silent where you aren't going to be tempted to "have a quick look". Set yourself times that you do so much work and then look at your phone.
2.) Get the app "Forest"
When I had an iPhone I used this app and it is such a simple principle yet really effective, the only downside is that I'm not sure if it is available on Android devices. Basically, you set a time limit and then click "Plant" and the timer will start, but if you leave the app then the tree dies. The more productive you are the bigger trees you can grow which will end up being the forest. It worked for me because I felt bad whenever I killed one of my trees.
3.) To-Do Lists
To-do lists are so under-rated yet so practical. If you find it hard to be productive then to-do lists are honestly your best friend. Make sure you categorise the tasks though so you know what you definitely need to get done, what you could ideally do and what you don't really need to do but it would be nice to do. You can then experience how therapeutic it is to tick them off as you do them.
If you have any more suggestions of how to be more productive then please leave them in the comments or tell me on Twitter (the link is somewhere along the side of the page).
Until next week,
Lia x
One of my New Years Resolution's is to procrastinate less which should lead to higher productivity. I find myself "quickly looking" at what is happening on any social media and it ends up being about half an hour and I even get to the point where I think "Oh, I've already read this I should turn it off now" but some little place in my brain ignores this and continues scrolling. It would be easy for me to say that I'm just going to delete them off my phone and just look when I am on my laptop but then I can't promote my blog as much as I want to so it is a case of striking the right balance.
In a bid to be more organised and general "getting my life sorted" I have invested in an "Important Documents" folder. I know, I know, I could easily just get a normal folder and put dividers in it and do it myself but the truth is, I have no idea what sections I'd need. Instead of being defeated and leaving my notes in a messy pile I did a bit of hunting and found the perfect folder. It is from kikki.K and includes customisable tabs and various sheets to help you stay organised, the link to mine is here yet there is also a great one available from Paperchase. Alternatively you can buy your own folder and make some quirky dividers.
I thought I would include a few tips on ways you can be more productive:
1.) Leave your phone in another room.
If like me your phone is always next to you then you'll probably find it really hard to not pick it straight up whenever you see a notification, even if it is just a notification from Twitter saying someone has followed someone else. I advise you to leave your phone somewhere away from you and on silent where you aren't going to be tempted to "have a quick look". Set yourself times that you do so much work and then look at your phone.
2.) Get the app "Forest"
When I had an iPhone I used this app and it is such a simple principle yet really effective, the only downside is that I'm not sure if it is available on Android devices. Basically, you set a time limit and then click "Plant" and the timer will start, but if you leave the app then the tree dies. The more productive you are the bigger trees you can grow which will end up being the forest. It worked for me because I felt bad whenever I killed one of my trees.
3.) To-Do Lists
To-do lists are so under-rated yet so practical. If you find it hard to be productive then to-do lists are honestly your best friend. Make sure you categorise the tasks though so you know what you definitely need to get done, what you could ideally do and what you don't really need to do but it would be nice to do. You can then experience how therapeutic it is to tick them off as you do them.
If you have any more suggestions of how to be more productive then please leave them in the comments or tell me on Twitter (the link is somewhere along the side of the page).
Until next week,
Lia x
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