7 Productivity Tips I Wish I Knew Years Ago

Reading Length: 10 minutes So I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs when it comes to productivity. And I’m still learning. But I just wanted to share some of the productivity tips I’ve learned overtime. So here are 7 productivity tips I wish I knew years ago: 1. Systems over goals “Your goal

Productivity: How I Get Things Done and Organize My Life

Reading Length: 6 minutes For the past few weeks, I’ve been reflecting a lot on my life and realized that I’ve always had to balance a lot of workload and life in general. Last semester I was managing full-time college classes and an e-commerce business. Now I’m on a gap semester so I’m focused on

I Went 1 Year Without Social Media. Here’s What I Learned.

Reading Length: 9 minutes “How do you not have Instagram and Facebook?!” That was the shocked statement I received from a classmate. I often received this type of stunned reaction from my classmates and friends. Even from adults. They couldn’t believe a teenager didn’t have any of those social media platforms. They assumed I lived

How to Take a Social Media Detox The Right Way

Reading Length: 10 minutes Social media has become such a big impact on our lives. There’s just way too many platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and more but so little time to keep up with everything. And it’s so easy to waste hours browsing through each app as the algorithm is designed to trap

A Productive Day In My Life Under Lockdown

Reading Length: 5 minutes I just wanted to share a productive day in my life under lockdown for the past year. So here’s an overview of my day: 5:30AM : Wake up and do skin care routine. So my pleasantly annoying guitar alarm rings at 5:30AM and I shoot out of bed, maybe stumbling a

5 Ways to Stop Feeling Tired and Boost Your Energy for College Students

Reading Length: 7 minutes “I’m so tired” seems to be the common sentence we say on a daily basis. We’re supposed to be in our peak and most energizing years. Yet, we’re tired all the time and already feel like retiring. Whether it’s because of sleep deprivation, burn out, stress, or for no reason at

10 Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder for Peak Productivity

Reading Length: 9 minutes We all have 24 hours in a day. But how do some people get more work done? Sometimes we put in more hours but we don’t seem to be making the progress we want. The key is to start working smarter by being more intentional with your time and designing a

Productivity Guilt: How to Stop Feeling Shame About Not Doing Enough

Reading Length: 7 minutes What is Productivity Guilt? This is the nagging feeling that you aren’t doing enough. Even when you take breaks, you feel guilty about not being “productive.” This type of mindset comes from an effect known as “The Zeigarnik Effect.” “The Zeigarnik effect, coined in the early 1900s, is the psychological term

The Not To-Do List: Tasks and Habits to Stop Doing

Reading Length: 3 minutes According to research from IDoneThis, 41% of all to-do lists are never completed. If that’s the case, why do people continue to overload their to-do list and let it sit there collecting dust? The problems with a to-do list are that: It’s easy to add onto it and neglect it. It

Flow State: How to Get Optimal Focus and Productivity

Reading Length: 5 minutes You ever have sudden ideas and thoughts in the shower, during meetings or while doing chores? Or have you ever worked on something and you were “in the zone” to the point you completely lost track of time? You may have been in the flow state at that time. The flow