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How to Actually Be Productive + Why Most Productivity Advice is BS!
Create a to-do list. Just start — take action! Isolate yourself from distractions. You’ve probably heard at least one of these pieces of advice before. Everybody in the self-improvement / productivity niche preaches them like…
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The Only Productivity Hack That Always Works: Your Mood
Have you ever woken up with a pit in your stomach that feels so deep you can’t tell if there’s a bottom? Depression.Sadness.Despondency.“Being in a rut.”“Feeling down.” All are synonyms in varying degrees of the…
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Inspirational Sayings and Aphorisms
This is a list of the most inspirational and motivational sayings and aphorisms that I’ve collated from the depths of the interwebs. Tweet them out or save them to Pinterest for later. Either way, they’ll…
How to Stop Procrastinating Building Good Habits
We all have at least one good habit we’d like to start, but for some reason never do. Maybe yours is meditation or exercise or finally learning a new language. Regardless, it seems like procrastination…
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5 Techniques to Build Good Habits For Life
We all have a picturesque version of ourself that only exists within the confines of our minds; an ideal self who has good habits and a joyous disposition. And this ideal self is always just…
Time Management via a Mathematical Formula
Priority = Importance x Urgency P = PriorityM = ImportanceU = Urgencyt = Time to do the taskT = Time left to do the task Don’t freak out. The formula may look complicated but it’s…
Self Love Journal Prompts – The Good Thing About Quarantine
Over a month has passed since quarantine started across much of the United States. It’s a strange feeling, like that of an ethereal daydream when your eyelids are heavy from exhaustion and your consciousness slowly…
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How To Take Better Breaks To Boost Your Productivity
“68% of people ‘break’ by using social media or streaming video (Netflix, YouTube, etc.)”source Those who do are making a huge mistake because, although they may not realize it, breaks are more important to their…
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How To Kill Procrastination During Quarantine
Between 20 and 25% of adults around the world are chronic procrastinators. But I wouldn’t be surprised if those numbers have doubled since the start of the coronavirus quarantine. Common procrastination advice includes curt-lipped half-truths…
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15 Work From Home Quarantine Essentials
Working from home sounds great in theory, until you realize that it’s actually more difficult than fending off a pack of vicious wolves with your bare hands. The 15 items on this list are my…
35 Self Care Journal Prompts You Need to Try
“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.”Martin Luther More accurately, if you want to change yourself, pick up your pen (or at least open up your laptop) and journal.…
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My Quarterly Review – Q1, 2020
This is the first article in a series I call “My Quarterly Review” which, as you may have guessed, will be published quarterly. Okakura Kakuzo, the great Japanese scholar, artist, and writer said: “The art…
69 Productive Things To Do When You’re Stuck At Home
When you’re stuck inside all day you probably feel worse than your stomach when it’s digesting undercooked potstickers on a turbulent flight. Add to that a global pandemic and you’ve got a real recipe for…
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Inspirational Quotes to Kickstart Your Motivation
Sometimes life is rougher than tweed underwear on your genitals, and you need a nice inspirational quote to get you through the day. So I’ve compiled a list of the best inspirational and motivational quotes…
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5 Tips to stay Productive While Working or Studying from Home
By now there’s a good chance you’ve been told to work from home or to finish your semester’s classes online. And while the thought of remote work initially made you happier than a Golden Retriever…
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Is There a Correlation Between Productivity and Happiness? A Case Study from Reddit
Does productivity affect happiness?Author Personally, productivity makes me happier than one of those caffeine-crazed lunatics at Starbucks during a 50 percent off sale. So about a week ago, as I sipped my Pumpkin Spice Latte,…
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How to Build Better Habits that Actually Stick (with Creative Deliberate Practice)
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again.”Author You’ve probably heard this proverb muttered at least once before as some motivational speech designed to rouse your appetite for success after an initial setback or…
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Productive Background Music to Work, Study, and Meditate to
It’s a fact: music can help you be more productive. And, to be fair, even without me referencing this Harvard Health Publication that discusses music’s health benefits, you probably already knew that. Because as a…
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How to Have More Willpower and the Science Behind it
What do the following scenarios have in common? “I shouldn’t have binge-watched that Netflix special…” “I should have done my reading…”“I shouldn’t have eaten those Blackforest Gummy Worms…”“I should have gone to the gym instead…
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7 Easy Habits for a Productive and Happy Life
Living a productive and happy life isn’t always easy – because right when you think you’ve got things “figured out” a new problem arises and the shit inevitably hits the fan. And while it’s impossible…
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The BEST Habit Tracking Apps For 2020
This is a comprehensive list of the 6 best habit tracker apps and their features that will help you manage your time and build better habits faster than your heart melted after seeing Baby Yoda for the…
How to Be Productive Consistently and Avoid Failure
After you read this article you’ll be able to avoid failure (and maintain a consistent level of productivity) just like you avoid having long conversations alone with your in-laws during family BBQs. In other words,…
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How to Turn Evernote into an Automatic Reminder or To-Do List App
Evernote is, without a doubt, my favorite productivity app because I use it to organize pretty much my entire life. To date my Evernote contains over 7k notes and 6k reminders, organized into over 50…
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The BEST To Do List Apps For 2020
This is a comprehensive list of the 5 best to-do list apps and their features (or lack thereof) that will help you stop procrastinating faster than you scarf down ungodly amounts of pumpkin pie on…
If You’ve Tried Everything, But You Just Keep Making the Same Mistake…
“Sometimes, no matter how motivated we are, we can find ourselves stuck in a completely unproductive life pattern. Before you can move forward, you must address the things that may be roadblocking you. ” Today’s post…
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John Wick’s Unshakeable Motivation and How to Stay Motivated When Life Gets Hard
Here’s a scenario that no one seems to talk about (but I’m betting has happened to you on more than one occasion): picture this, you’re mentally preparing yourself for an upcoming task – you don’t…
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Samuel L Jackson is the Hardest Working Actor in History. Discover How To Replicate his Success
Your work ethic is an integral part of your overall productivity. If you want to get more done (and ultimately have more time to do the things you actually want to do) then you must…
What is the BEST Productivity Tool? Habit Trackers vs Journals vs Spreadsheets
Have you ever wanted to do something (something productive, of course) but were unable to make yourself take action? Yeah, me too. It’s a common problem and it’s called procrastination. One of the best ways…
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