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Tag: productivity
Dolce Far Niente
Have you ever experienced life coming at you like a massive wave that propels you downward with your bottom touching the sand underneath. Then as you push yourself up to gasp for breath, another wave hits you down until you’re feeling worn out and just barely there. That’s what I’ve felt for a couple of…
Energy Management in all Aspects of Life
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to feel drained and overwhelmed by the demands of everyday life. We often find ourselves struggling to maintain focus, productivity, and overall well-being. This is where the power of energy management comes into play. By understanding how to effectively manage our energy, we can achieve peak performance in all…
How Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviours Are Interconnected
As human beings, our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are intricately linked, shaping our experiences and influencing our mental wellbeing. It is vital to recognize and understand the connections between these aspects to effectively manage our emotions and navigate our daily lives. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the intricate relationship between thoughts, feelings, and…
Breaking the Cycle: Definitive Steps to End Procrastination and Boost Efficiency
Procrastination is a common challenge that many of us face in our daily lives. Whether it’s putting off important tasks or delaying decisions, the habit of procrastination can have a significant impact on our productivity and overall well-being. In this article, I will explore the concept of procrastination, its impact on productivity, common causes, and…
The Skill of Writing Goals and Doing It
“This is my magic notebook, all the things that I write in it comes true.” These are the words inscribed in front of my “goal journal” and thankfully most of the things that I have written down have happened already- moved countries, found a job, settled in, back to routine and now I have a…
Unlock Potential: Develop Growth Mindset
Have you ever found yourself feeling stuck, both personally and professionally? Do you feel like you’re not reaching your full potential? If so, you’re not alone. It’s easy to fall into a fixed mindset, where you believe that your traits and abilities are set in stone and can’t be changed. However, by developing a growth…
5 Habits for Effective Thinking
Understanding the basics, asking questions, being open to failures and acceptive change are habits for effective thinking
How to Create the Perfect Work Calendar
To do more work in less time, then manage your work calendar. Lear how to build a routine, schedule activities, and have that perfect work-life balance.
Creating Motivation to be Happy on Mondays
Now that another week has begun, I basically just read some of the articles, books, and journals I’ve been putting off, wrote, slept, worked out, ate, and slept during the long weekend (thanks to the Monday Labor Day Holiday!) I was lacking all motivation to do any “productive stuff”. I felt like I didn’t accomplish…
The 5 Habits Every Man Needs in Their 30s
These are the habits you need to develop before you reach the age of 30 to have a better and meaningful life!
How to Break Free From Mental Chatter
Every healthy human being has this internal stream or train of thoughts and feelings that might range from happiness, achievement, hope, down the range of other ones like being self-conscious, fearful and doubtful. The mind that we have is one of evolution’s greatest gift to us in a sense that we can use our brains…
How To Be Mentally Resilient
When we swipe left and right or up and down the various media we are exposed to everyday, we might feel overwhelmed to see that there’s always something wrong happening be it in our local community or to some far-flung area on other points of the Earth. There might be days that on a personal…
Finding Pleasure in Writing
Keeping a journal has been a good tool for me to reach where I am right now, it’s where my most vulnerable thoughts, fears, goals, aspirations are all written down. Sometimes I’m surprised with how the words flow easily when I write it down as I’m able to imprint on the paper thoughts or ideas that I wouldn’t have said out loud, nor sometimes admit. But there it is, a concrete proof of whatever is happening inside my head, albeit disorganized from time to time.
Importance of Creating Stress Buffers
We know that times are tough and based on how things are looking, it may take a further dive as the years go by; couple that up with the fact that we have our own personal aspirations and work responsibilities to live by to create a perfect concoction that leads to feeling overwhelmed. Thus, it…
In The Wee Hours of the Morning: Benefits of Waking Early
The past few weeks have shown me what peace felt like before the world resumes back to its hurried pace as I wake up in the wee hours of the morning. I love starting my day slow because I believe it sets the pace for the rest of the day. If I hurry past my…
The Line Between a Wish and Hope
There are days when it feels like I have a lot of burden on my shoulders, and stating it as feeling down would really undermine what it feels like. These are my reflections between the words wish and hope How sadness impacts your life There are days when all I ever wanted to do was…