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Get Things Done: 9 Ways To Avoid Distractions
1. Keep An Active To-Do List — Create a list comprised of little and easy-to-achieve items, with a few big ones to guide your way.
That way you can check off more items, which will always give you a boost of energy and motivation. This will then allow you to approach the next item with more ease, creating a self-sustaining cycle!
Which means you want to put every little thing on your to-do list so you can have as many little victories as possible throughout the day.
BONUS: This will also make the times you need to remain focused for a lot shorter..
2. Keep Strong Boundaries — Have a minimum and maximum bar set for everything you wish to get done. This is so that you feel the victory sooner, have an ultimate goal to reach for, instead of just trying to wing it.
When we work we often look at what we wanted to accomplish by this time, realizing that the big goal we set out to do is still a ways away. We see how far we are off and get discouraged.
This then often ends in us procrastinating until the point where we do none of what we intended to do.
When we set a minimum and keep a strong boundary it makes us win, even if it is just a small win. This win carries over quite a lot, however, as it is a win created by…
