What I'velearnedthroughmylifeisthatit's veryimportanttoputanytaskthatyouhaveonhandon a pieceofpaperorinanapplicationanywherewhereitcanbestoredandeasilyaccessible.
Anditdoesn't matterwhetherit's a projectatworkprojectsinuniversityinschoolorjustgettinggroceriesfordinnerorpreparingforaneventanythingthatyouneedtotakeactionon.
Youshouldbestoryinsomekindofreferencesystem.
Whyisitsoimportant?
Haveyoueverbeenin a situationwhereyoustartfocusingonthetaskandthenyourbrainthings.
OhmyGod, I shouldnotforgettograbthatchickenafterwardsbecause I havepeoplethat I'm hostingfordinner.
Ordon't forgettocallAlicebecause I landedher a bookand I needthatbooknowandthenYourbrainstartsthrowingallthesethoughtsremindersatyou, andas a result, hecannotfocusonthetaskonheads.
Forexample, recently I neededtoplanmybirthdayparty, and I justkeptrequestedAidanandprocrastinateduntil I justsentdownandthought, Whatisthenumberonesmallestthingthat I candotokickoffthisactivitytokickoffthisbirthdayplanning?
And I realizedthatthenumberthingssmallestthingthat I candoistocreate a Facebookeventtoinviteallmyfriendsbecausethatwouldmakemecommittedto a datemakemecommittedThioactuallygoingthroughwithit.
Anditwillmakeyoumuchmorefulfilledandsatisfiednumberthreeandsomethingthat I alsostartedapplyingfairlyrecently, somethingthat I alsolearnedfrom a book, Thebestbook I highly, highlyrecommendtoyouguys.
Oneofmyfavoriteonesthat I tookawayfromhereisvisualization.
What I meanbyvisualizationisthisformyoperapractice?
Forthelongesttime, I had a goaltobeabletopracticeaboutfivetimes a weekonaverage, but I wasn't abletoreallysuccessfulachievethatgoalweekafterweek.
Soafter I readthisbook, therewasthisonetipaboutvisualizationandpotentiallybuying a calendarwhereyoucancrossoffthedateswhereyouactuallydiddotheactivitythatyou'replanningtogetbetter.
I doitSonowEverytime I practiceopera, I diligentlycrossoffthisdayfrommycalendar, andwhyithelpsmeisbecausethiscalendarisalwaysinfrontofmyeyes.
I putitclosetomybedsothateverysingledayand I meaniteverysingleday.
Atsomepointinthedayit's infrontofmeandhejustkeepsremindingmethat I needtopractice.
I don't justmeanthingsthatarerelatedtoyourimmediateworktoyourimmediateschooloranythingthatyouknowsomeoneasksyoutodo.
But I meanplanningyourfreetimealso.
Soforthat I actuallygointomycalendarapponGoogle, and I woulddeliberatelyplanwhat I doafterworkonitdoesn't matterwhether I'm goingoutwithfriendsorgoingtoanevent.
I actuallyplannedmyfreealonetimealsosothatyourbrainagainwantstoknowwhatiscommon.
Otherwiseyou'regonnabelostinthoughtssuchas, Oh, I havethisfreeourhavethisfreetime, but I havesomanythingstodo, andas a resultyoudon't actuallyknowwhattogetstartedwith.
Andit's verynaturalforustofallintothistrap.
SotohelpyoureleaseyourbrainandreleaseyourselffromthinkingOhmyGod, whatdo I getstartedwith a plungertimeplungeyourfreetimeaheadoftime.
Plumadoretechniquebasicallysaysthatyouhave a certainamountoftimeactswhereyou'recompletelydedicatedtostayfocusedandthenyouhave a shorterperiodoftime.
Why?
Whereyoucandeliberatelytake a breakonprocrastinating, relaxed.
Dowhateveryouwantforthistechnique.
Thereis a tonofabsthatexiststhathelpyoujusttimeyourself.
It's essentiallyjust a simpletimewhere I personallyusefocusKeeperand I usuallysetmyfocustimeat 20 minutesandthenmyprocrastinateRelax, dowhatever I want.
Timetofive.
Sothen, when I'm inthis 20 minutestime, I amconsciouslyconstantlyawareoffthefactthatthisismyfocustimeit's gonnabeupsoon.
It's only 20 minutes, andthefiveminutesofprocrastinationofgettingthatbrainsatisfactionoff I candowhatever I wantiscomingreallyusefulunlessbutnotleastissettingroutinesforyourself.
Daytoday, forinstance, myroutineisgoingtothegyminthemorning, and I knowmybodykindofexpectthattohappen, anditactuallymakesiteasierformetojustbeproductivedaytoday.
So I woulddefinitelyrecommendyouguystotrytodevelopproteinsforyourself.