Procrastination might be the word that would have brought you here. We all exhibit procrastination but for different reasons. When we go to bed every night, not everyone sleeps happily and satisfactorily. Nowadays, a day in life is full of physical, mental, or emotional strain. It gets difficult to control our minds well in today's time.
So here I will be sharing few tips from my experience and a bit of research. If practiced daily, it can bring magnificent changes in one's life.
Wake Up early
Even if you are a late-night owl, you should give waking up early a chance. If by sleeping late you can manage your time well, then it is good. But if you are unable to head your time right, then it's time to try this out. By doing this, efficiency increases vastly. One is in a highly energized state in the morning, and it's the right time to feed your mind well. You are just a try away!
Meditate
It might seem irrelevant, but it's certainly not. Meditation is a thing a person needs the most today. It is this thing that is neglected by most of us these days. Lack of proper awareness leads the way to not meditating despite knowing about the peace it provides. It provides immense benefits be it physical or mental. Just start meditating. Start every day with at least 15 minutes of mindful meditation. In the long run, this habit will prove to be worth.
To-do list for the day (15 minutes )
Prepare the list in the order of the most important things first. Doing hard work comes second but doing the right thing at the right time is very important. The actions you do will add in themselves a hundred times the value it has if you do it at the right time.
Write down tasks to be done in a diary. Noting down the list in a physical book would be helpful. You can also use Trello or stickies or some other online apps or websites for the same.
Start with Exercise
If you are new to this, you can start off by doing simple yogasanas, and then you can move to other sort of exercises later on. Start practicing at least 20 minutes to 30 minutes in the morning. Doing exercise will energize you for next 24 hours, it will increase your alertness, focus on things and make you active.
Give yourself time to start.
You don't need to keep yourself busy all day long but you can give yourself some time to start. By doing this, you can begin well, and you are more likely to complete the tasks you start this way.
Re-set your workplace
You need to re-set your workplace and clean it before you start working.
Re-set in a sense, keep things that you will need for the day easily accessible. Things that are not in need should not be on the working desk. Keep things organized. If we look at it other way, even if we might neglect small things that actually counts then ten things kept unorganized, and ten organized makes a huge difference.
Start
It's time to start doing the work according to the plan. You don't need to stick to the schedule. Be flexible but make sure you do things.
Do what is most important first and set deadlines to ensure you don't give a lot of time to a single task of course depending on what the task in.
Do one thing at a time.
Here's the golden rule. Whatever the task you are doing, be it of your interest or not, make sure you do it with full of your attention. You never know what helps you when. If you are anyway spending time on something, then make sure you learn it wholly. For ensuring that, it would be good to do one thing at a time. Of course, you can multitask, but it depends on what type of task you are doing.
Tick the tasks done
This one is for motivation. By doing this, you will come by a feeling of satisfaction. You will be motivated to do more tasks and complete them.
Give yourself a treat.
When you are done with more than half the tasks, give yourself a small treat. The treat could be anything ranging from eating your favorite food to going out for a walk or rest or anything.
Introspect
At the end of the day, after you complete all your tasks or maximum tasks of the day, take out some time for yourself and try to introspect. Introspection provides the knowledge of self one becomes self-aware. You become aware of your capabilities, weaknesses, strengths, and many more qualities which will never come before you in conventional life.
Great if you could prearrange your next day's schedule
It's a plus thing, great if you could do it, it will prove to be good.
Sleep at a chosen time daily
It is okay to sleep at a different times each day, but the variation should not be in hours. It might disturb your biological cycle as well as your mental health. Occasionally it is okay to stay up late at night at random days, but it should not become your daily habit as it might adversely affect you in the long run.
You should know sleep deprivation is also a thing. You might not feel it on the spot, or you may but it is in any way not a good thing.
Consistency is the key.
Only if consistency exists, the things mentioned above will be effective. To be consistent is a hard thing, and not everyone can do it. So start small and lead the way through.
Conclusion
Whatever new habit you build up, make sure don't get very strict on you. Be flexible and let it slowly become a part of your life, and don't rush. All that the change needs from you to happen is your determination and consistent action.
In the process, you mustn't just pass the time, all the same, spend and enjoy the time well because all you will go through or will have is present. And remember, it is only in the present you will prepare for the future, and it is only in the present will you live the future.
Make sure you live a quality day and a quality life!!!
