If you're anything like me, you have trouble keeping up with the day as it flies by in front of you. You get up, browse through your smartphone for 20 minutes while gulping down your coffee, get started on working without having breakfast then before you know it the time is 11:00 a.m. and you've been working on your projects for the last several hours. How did we get here?! By the time you realize that you're taking only a few minutes to finish a task and at the final day of your work and you've missed the other tasks you had to complete. Sound familiar? The smartest solution I've discovered for when it feels like you're getting behind is incredibly simple: use a timer. This small but mighty productivity tool has enabled me to establish better boundaries and master better time management . It also makes me worry less about the alarm clock. A timer can be so useful.I am now one of those people who utilizes the letter large timer to do just about everything. If I need to finish something but I am aware that I like sitting on my couch, I set a timer to remind me to get up in 20 minutes. If I only have space in my head to allow for a 30 minute admin block I set a timer and do whatever I can. A timer can assist you to manage your time. It's satisfying to know that I'm tracking my time so I don't sit in a trance all day. As we often say at Productive Flourishing, when you break down your tasks into pieces, it's more manageable to get things completed. This is the same when it comes to time. It can feel more expansive and less overwhelming if you break it into smaller chunks of time. There are certain days however where my executive functioning is subpar at best. It's because I'm overwhelmed with too many thoughts and tasks to accomplish, and too many needs all colliding in my head that I have to manage before I even begin to work on anything. If even the simplest decision seems complicated, what should one do? The time can't take care of the deep breathing for you, but it could make your day less overpowering. It's possible that you aren't in control of what happens over the next 24 hours, but you can choose what you'll do in the next 20 minutes. Then, for the next 20 minutes. Breathe deeply in and out, put some trust in the timer -and also within yourself. Everyone experiences low executive functioning days. When things are simply difficult and you're unable to figure out how you'll manage to make it through. When my brain is tired and the part of it that gets things done comes on when it's required There's always the clock. It's not my brain and will be running regardless. The most difficult work days are those I tend to use the timer the most. This practice reminds me of a bit from the TV show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. In the show, Kimmy states that you can do any thing for 10 seconds, then you just start on another 10 second. I prefer to apply the same principle and apply it to staying focused and becoming more efficient. If you're able to just get through the first few minutes of doing something, you can usually keep doing it for fifteen minutes more, until you've spent all of the time that you possibly can on that one thing.
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