Life happens. It always does. And when that time arrives, writing is always the first thing to go.
I myself often fall victim to the increasing demands of life. Of having to earn a living. Of preparing to have a family. Of dealing with emergencies. But that doesn’t mean I have to set my writing aside.
Which is why I’ve come up with these lists that turbocharge my writing.
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I’ve always used procrastination as a power tool. For example, I use it as motivation to clean the house. All I need to do is start writing and the laundry will magically take care of itself.
Which brings us to the topic of productive procrastination (that shall henceforth be known as PP, hee hee). Can we actually leverage our lazy tendencies to get more done? Or is it doing us more harm than good?
Let’s find out.
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When’s the last time you drove a stick shift?
Seems like an irrelevant question, until you recall the fact that I’m a writer. And as it turns out, being a writer affords me the ability to make the zaniest of analogies. Hence today we officiate the marriage between productivity and driving a manual transmission.
But first off, let’s discuss productivity overdrive (PO). Is it a fancy new term I made up? Yes. Is it important? Not really. Should we still treat it like pre-existing corporate lingo? Most definitely.
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You know how optimistic you feel at night, and you tell yourself tomorrow’s going to be different?
Maybe you’ll wake up before sunrise for once. Maybe even go for a run. And that’s the least ambitious thing you can think of.
Then the next day rolls around and all your dreams fall victim to the snooze button, sometimes quite literally.
That tends to happen a lot when you start your day without a plan. In a previous post, I mentioned the benefits of planning your day ahead of time, and I still do believe in its powers.
My planned days unfold much smoother than my unplanned ones, for some reason. It’s almost as if the universe acknowledges my efforts to live better. There must be a magic to this. And it’s this magic that we’ll be exploring today.
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You know what sounds cool at first glance? Productivity habits. You know how long they’re cool for? Probably two days or so.
For the past few years, I’ve adopted every hack from early wake-ups to meditation, all in the name of growth. And that has given me some fodder to discuss today’s topic.
Here’s a quick preview: It’s not about the what, but the why. Cliche, huh?
Anyway, after a long stretch of trial and error, I now present you with my thoughts on these popular hacks.
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