If you're like me, then you're having difficulty keeping up with the pace of life as it passes through your life. You get up, browse through your smartphone for 20 minutes while sipping down your coffee, then get to work without eating breakfast and within minutes, it's 11:15 a.m. and you've been knee-deep in your projects for the last several hours. How did we get to this level? When you realise it, you've taken only a few minutes to complete an assignment, and before you know it, it's the final day of your work and you've missed the 100 other things that you had to complete. Sound familiar? The smartest solution I've discovered for when it feels like you're getting behind is very simple: use a timer. This small but effective productivity tool has helped me to set better boundaries, learn better time management, and makes me less worried about the timer ticking. A timer can be so useful.I'm officially one of those people who utilizes an timer. If I have to get something done but know that I really like sitting on my couch, I set a timer to remind myself to get up in 20 minutes. If I only have 30 minutes to finish an admin block, I establish a timer so that I accomplish as much as I can. A timer can help you take control of your time. It's empowering to realize that I'm keeping track of my time, so that I don't overspend my time. The productive Flourishing often says that it's more manageable to handle projects when they're broken down into smaller chunks. It is the same for time. It can feel more expansive and less overwhelming when you break it down into smaller pieces of time. There are times when my executive function is at best subpar. That is, I have too many thoughts as well as a myriad of things to complete, and many things to do all in my mind that I must deal with before I can begin to work on anything. When even the most basic decision seems daunting, what else can one do? Although the time can't perform the deep in and out breathing for your it can help make the day less overwhelming. Maybe you can't control what happens over the next 24 hours, but you do have the ability to choose what you'll do in the next 20 minutes. Then, you can do it for the following 20 minutes. Deepen your breath and take a deep breath inhale and exhale. Be sure to trust the timer and yourself. We all have low executive functioning days. There are times where it's just too hard and you don't know what to do to escape it. In these instances, when the part of my brain which kicks into high gear when things need to get done is too tired to come into work, I'm always able to count on the timer. It's outside of my control and will keep running regardless. The most difficult workdays are those which I use my timer the most. This practice reminds me of something from the TV series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. In the show, Kimmy states that you can do anything for 10 seconds, and then start over a new 10 seconds. I'm a fan of taking the same concept and apply it to stay focused and become more efficient. You can often do something for only a few minutes then continue doing it for at most 15 minutes or so until you've been able to complete the task. it.
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