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Discussion on: What do you do when you don't feel productive

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Rachel Soderberg

I try to just "do something" and make an effort to not be too hard on myself. School and the gym have helped me learn that not every day is productive perfection, but that doesn't mean I'm going to fail or lose my "gains".

One strategy I did incorporate for school that helped a great deal was leaving some buffer time (read: don't leave things until right before the deadline). When I leave enough time before the due date, I avoid that crippling anxiety where my mind winds itself up saying "but I have to work, it's due tomorrow. I can't work but I need to work!!!" With the extra time I can take a day to just do a couple bullets off the list and take an easy day, then still have plenty of time to regroup and kill it the next day.