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How I Increased Productivity
Procrastination is my best friend. Or rather was my best friend. Seriously, he has have been around for as long as I can remember. There are so many ways not to get work done and so many other “better” things to do. I find that every time I sit down at my desk, laptop out and open, about to study and get shit done, I just quickly check my phone to see if I missed any messages or notifications. The next thing I know, I am lying down on the bed watching the 6th consecutive episodes of “Friends” in a row.
Oddly enough, I found that I would watch a lot of videos about hard work, reducing procrastination and increasing productivity so that I can use my time effectively, but ultimately, it never worked.
During my time in quarantine, I spent the first two weeks doing absolutely nothing productive, played lots of video games and watched Netflix. I still had school at this point where I quickly did the bare minimum and submitted. I’ve never felt more unmotivated and bored in my life. At certain times, I was extremely disappointed in myself. So how did it all change?
I changed my mindset.
I changed it to such a way where I enjoyed doing work. When I completed a task, I wasn’t thinking “okay that’s done, what’s next?”. Now I think “Did a good job on that! What else can I accomplish today?” or “how could I make this…
