How to have more free time for my self in 2021 ?
For the longest time I thought I only needed some productivity apps and TO-DO lists to keep me productive, but I was wrong! Find out what really works instead.
My rationale was: If I only spend 10-15 minutes here and there, to search for the ultimate productivity app, the ultimate all-purpose, multi-functional, freeware, ad-free, fancy TO-DO list app, with fancy graphs, neat & sleek dark theme and with all the nice bells and whistles, that I will somehow magically suddenly become constantly productive and stay that way happily ever after. But I was nowhere near to accomplish that. It was (for the most part) just a fantasy, an escapism, but even worse that that. You can probably guess, it was my favorite go-to procrastination habit.
So instead of doing what I should, I ended up deceiving my self into believing I was doing something useful, something productive. But it was far from it. I thought I had my $h1t together, I even started this blog in the beginning to be a list of my most helpful productivity apps.
But it turned out I wasn’t passionate about it at all, since deep down, I had maybe a couple of good productivity apps that really helped me. But using more than that, let alone reviewing them all, thinking of making such content and especially in terms of how my readers would see it, and would YOU even have some real use out if it, created me some serious doubts in the whole approach and the idea behind it.
So I sat and thought about it and I realized one profound thing:
I don’t feel comfortable, nor do I have the time to create tons of Youtube content around a subject that is not as helpful as I have imagined it. I don’t want my audience to spend any more time on Youtube than they already are. And I also don’t want my readers to constantly be pulled into reading a short but not so useful reviews of new and hardly useful apps all the time.
I realized , that searching and constantly trying out new apps wasn’t helpful for me, and neither would it help any of my readers.
It was time to get serious, it was time to get real, it was time to be really productive, today or never. It was time to get back to my true purpose. TO LIBERATE PEOPLE. That is one thing I truly enjoy and that is what I really want for my readers.
I WANT YOU TO FEEL FREE, TO HAVE MORE TIME AND TO HONESTLY ENJOY MY WORK. AND I WANT TO ENJOY DOING IT TOO!
So without further ado… here is the list:
- REPLACE: DISTRACTIONS WITH PRODUCTIVITY
- Replace TV / YT / FB feed / Quora / Adult media / IG / TIKTOK >WITH > Blogging, writing, drawing, walking, running, exercising, cleaning, talking to random strangers in real life, going to the gym, filming, editing, studying new skills, working on new certificates, diplomas and developing marketable skills.
- The very reason you are procrastinating is because you are stressed because you are delegating those things to your future overburdened self, instead of dealing with it today.
- As one wise man once said: Instead of suffering by thinking about suffering, just tackle it. So you will only suffer once instead of twice. Wise huh ? Indeed!
- REPLACE: STRESS WITH RELAXATION
- Replace WORRIES / EXCESSIVE MULTITASKING / EXCESSIVE PLANING >WITH> Actual doing what you know you have to do. If you absolutely feel too distracted to start it, then you will have to finish with your distractions, apply your usual stimulants that work (a good meal, but not something that causes you brain fog, any other kinds of stimulants you need, just get your tasks started). Soon you will realize the task it self relaxes you. Why ?
- Because you are finally doing what you actually wanted to do the whole time, but you forbid your very self to do it! That feels like the most relaxing and rewarding feeling in the world. And you know it! The very doing what you have to IS RELAXATION.
- You don’t have to trick your self into relaxing to do something, that’s not how it works. But you also know that one too.
- REPLACE: CHAOS WITH CONSISTENCY
- Replace CONSTANT WONDERING >WITH> What you know that works every time. Which is consistency, which comes on it’s own if you only decide each day to stick with what truly honestly and naturally makes you feel good, relaxed and proud.
- And that is when you are feeling free, when you have already done all tasks in advance, even a day or two before a deadline. Even the tasks which are without any deadline, things like regular cleaning, washing and having a routine.
- Those are things that are creating you a habit to always do what is best for your self. Those are taking away worries, eliminating any stress, and without stress there is no procrastination. And without procrastination… you guessed it; YOU WILL HAVE A LOT MORE FREE TIME!
NOW GO AND BE GOLDEN
LIVE FAST AND BE PRODUCTIVE!
If you found any of these advice to be helpful, feel free to comment, or add something that helped you or anything you have struggled with and I will be happy to answer and give you my insight and help you out. Cheers!
