Don’t worry Too Much About Being Productive

Concentrate Your Attention on the Present, the NOW

Productivity: It’s a popular buzzword in the Tech Industry. And I want to talk about it. Specifically, I want to talk about my struggles with being productive.

There’s so much I need to get done! What should I focus on! Why was I not productive today? Why do I feel like I did nothing today? How could I have been more productive? etc. The kind of thoughts that hit me sometimes. A constant feeling of not being “good enough” on that day. My way of describing this feeling would be: lacking direction. It never felt good.

So I wanted to share my take on this. How did I overcome this? What would I do when I start experiencing this sense of “lacking direction”?

Here’s the short, “too long didn’t read” version for any impatient folks,

TLDR:- 1). Prepare a short list of tasks to be completed before the end of the day — it can be as small as three tasks; 2). Focus ONLY on the NOW. Do not think about what to do two hours later; 3). If you feel “directionless”, take a break and do an activity that you enjoy — listening to music…