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

15 Morning Habits for Success, Productivity and Health

Reading Length: 11 minutes How many times have you hit snooze a couple of times, got out of bed late and started rushing through the morning to make it to class? I can’t tell you how many times my mornings were filled with this type of morning stress because I never planned my mornings or

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

20 Motivation Killers and How to Overcome Them

Reading Length: 6 minutes SUMMARY Having motivation can be an amazing feeling with that sudden burst of energy and excitement. But we all have certain days when we just can’t seem to grasp any motivation at all. It can be difficult when there are so many barriers especially negative influences surrounding us. That’s why it

45 Habits To Improve Productivity

Reading Length: 9 minutes Notable Quote: “Let’s define productivity. Productivity is a measure of the efficiency of a person completing a task. We often assume that productivity means getting more things done each day. Wrong. Productivity is getting important things done consistently. And no matter what you are working on, there are only a few

The Problem With Procrastination and How to Beat it With Science

Reading Length: 8 minutes Notable Quotes: “We have a brain that is selected for preferring immediate reward. Procrastination is the present self saying I would rather feel good now. So we delay engagement even though it’s going to bite us on the butt.” – Dr Tim Pychyl, Author & Psychologist. SUMMARY According to Anne-Laure Le