What am I trying to get done right now
So many productivity and happiness tips and techniques have to do with knowing what you’re trying to do right now. Yet this is a thing that I continually struggle with. Constant distraction, most often in the form of so-called ”Productive Distraction“.
Monotasking requires you to know what your one task is, What’s Important Now.
Anxiety is thought without control. Flow is control without thought.
- James Clear
Helping Know Your Immediate Task
- Write it down. Like the “next” portion of interstitial journaling, or simply writing what you want to have done before switching tasks
- Treat Work Sessions like the Cinema
- Tailor Your Environment to remove distractions
- Follow the plan. If you have a Time Blocking plan for this time. Use it.
- On a computer? Organize Focuses by Desktop
- Make a clean space for your current purpose.
- Where is your mind? Try to notice when you’re off-task and “gently” bring yourself back to the task at hand.
- You can use a ~10 minute timer to check in on yourself every 10 minutes
Source
- self