Let me know how it goes. Since productivity is new to you, let me try and make your life a little bit easier.
Do not have restrictive goals or rules while you try to increase productivity. You will stop following them if it's too hard.
You productivity system with your rules and structure (Example: I will work 5 hours a day, publish 4 blog posts a month) will fail a lot initially. Use trial and error approach and tweak it until you have a satisfying system. Like I said, if the system becomes restrictive, you will stop following them.
Don't focus on only the numbers. Let things go organic. This is a common mistake we do. Our goals like 50 books to read a year. 4 blog post a month can force us to do things and forget why we started in the first place. I would read books so fast to try and catch up with my goals that I was not thoroughly reading the book. The whole point was to read books and learn new knowledge. Not to just finish number of pages.
If your productivity system work, don't change them. Maximum utilization is the key to maximum productivity. There are so many new productivity tools getting released that you will want to try them out. Don't! Stick with your note app for example. As long as it tends to your needs, don't change it.
Consistency is key. Do small amount of things regularly than big amount of things once in a while. Consistency will give you dividends in the longer run.
I'm Nicholas, a Front-end Web developer that's been on that journey for more than a year now. I love coffee and learning new things, I blog here about anything that comes to my mind, but mainly coding
Do not have restrictive goals or rules while you try to increase productivity. You will stop following them if it's too hard.
I truly agree with you, that maybe was one of the reasons I stopped doing my to-do lists, I used to set up many goals that weren't even possible to do in one day and not even in a week, and that made me think I was the problem, but looking back at it, I reckon the problem was how far away the goals were when I stipulated the time limit.
Don't focus on only the numbers. Let things go organic.
I guess it also was a problem for me, with the example you gave of reading a book, I used to forget the real reason I was doing it, that was for learning, and not for completing goals.
I'm going to start small, by doing simple to-do lists and seeing what can I accomplish with them, and like I've said in the previous reply, I'm probably going to share the results in a post soon.
Let me know how it goes. Since productivity is new to you, let me try and make your life a little bit easier.
I have wrote about it a couple of years ago in 9 Productivity & personal growth rules made from my 2019 . Maybe this will have something you are looking for.
All the best! :)
I truly agree with you, that maybe was one of the reasons I stopped doing my to-do lists, I used to set up many goals that weren't even possible to do in one day and not even in a week, and that made me think I was the problem, but looking back at it, I reckon the problem was how far away the goals were when I stipulated the time limit.
I guess it also was a problem for me, with the example you gave of reading a book, I used to forget the real reason I was doing it, that was for learning, and not for completing goals.
I'm going to start small, by doing simple to-do lists and seeing what can I accomplish with them, and like I've said in the previous reply, I'm probably going to share the results in a post soon.
Thanks again.
Glad you found this helpful. Can't wait to read your post!