Feel like you can’t get anything done? Ever seem like you’ll never escape the hamster wheel of life? Summer is on the way, and with that season come a variation in schedules, energy levels, and all sorts of new, bright shiny objects to try to pull you off track. Consider these five (very popular) productivity zappers and see which speak to you. Start small, pick one, and get going … You got this!
(1) Never unplugging
You’ve heard this a thousand times, and there’s a reason for that. Don’t say, “I’ve tried, and I just cannot do it.” Guess what? You can do it, and you must do it if you are ever to get focused on the deeper stuff in your life. It’s easy: Pick times you will not be with your phone. Leave it in the trunk, put it in a drawer, or … gasp … turn it off! The problem with always being plugged in — emails, texts, Instagram … — is we complicate it with excuses, digression, and getting off task. Just because it is available doesn’t mean it has to be. As I say to my kids, “We need to manage technology, not the other way around.”