As humans, we constantly fall into the trap of tomorrow. “I don’t want to do that thing right now, I’ll do it tomorrow”. We wait, procrastinate and tell ourselves that tomorrow is almost here so we can just dump things into Tomorrowland. Well, I’m here to break all your hearts with the terrible truth that tomorrow does not exist.
Before you dismiss my premise as madness here me out. When does tomorrow actually get here? When midnight hits? No that’s today. And 11:59pm that was yesterday. Tomorrow is just poof gone. That thing that you don’t want to do today, guess what? as soon as midnight comes it is today all over again. We are only truly given today and yesterday. Tomorrow is just a dream, a figment of our imagination. Once we accept that tomorrow doesn’t exist we can tap into our true potential and become more productive. Have you ever heard the saying “If you are early you are on time, if you are on time you’re late and if you're late you missed it” well early is yesterday, on time is today, and late is tomorrow What can you do to turn more tomorrows into today's and yesterday's? Here are 5 actionable steps: Start your day earlier Wake up!! We all know that the early bird catches the worm and yet we sleep in because we know we aren’t bird and our meals can seamlessly appear at our doors (pun intended). Starting your day earlier is actually a two-part task. It's 1 part waking up earlier and 1 part going to bed earlier. The hours of sleep we need per night won't change either will how tired and unproductive we become due to lack of sleep. What we can change is when we go to bed and when we wake up. I challenge you to go to bed at 10pm tonight and wake up at 6am ( 6:30pm the latest) your body won’t be used to it , you will want to press snooze, but try your best to stick to it! Manage your time Tic-toc, tic-toc… time is money! No, seriously it is. Over the next 24 hours, I challenge you to write down everything you do and how much time you spend doing it. I 100% guarantee you will come to find that you are wasting time in quite a few areas. This exercise inst to embarrass you and make you feel bad about wasting time, but to show you how much time you have on your hand that you can instantly take advantage of. Schedule, Schedule, More schedule! Living by the calendar isn’t the sexiest thing but is indeed one of the most productive things. When you have things pre-planner with specific time block it becomes a lot easier to get these things done. They have a time, place and a duration. We all have smartphones that come with calendars, emails that come with calendars or can purchase a notebook calendar from the store. Take advantage of this tool! Accountability Growing up we have our guardians and teachers to be accountable to us. They remind us to clean our rooms, to wash the dishes, to eat our food and even to take showers! Over time, that accountability and guidance decrease by a lot. As a part of being more productive, we should always try to have some form of accountability buddy that can help us keep track of goals and tasks. Do one thing at a time Yes, we all want to be known as multitaskers but doing one thing at a time actually makes you way more productive. So instead of stretching yourself too thin to think or focus create tasks that allow you to start and FINISH before you move on to another task. Need a wake-up buddy or accountability buddy? Email me [email protected] ! Let’s do this together. If enough people email me ill create some matches among the tribe! Repeat after me: Tomorrow will never arrive; it is always today. 1. Streak
What does it do? Streak is a pretty much a free CRM for gmail. You can see when emails are opens, track email, schedule emails, conduct mail merges and so much more! ( Great for when you pull an all-nighter and don't want to send an email at 2am but may forget to wake up and send it, simply schedule it to send itself at 8am) Download Streak 2. Rapportive What does it do? Rapportive allows you to instantly find and add the linkedin profiles of anyone you email. ( As they say, your network is your net worth! Never miss a connection ) Download Rapportive 3. Hootsuite Hootlet What does it do? Hootsuite allows you to schedule social media posts. The Hootsuite's chrome plugin (Hootlet) allows you to share and schedule instantly without having to go to hootsuites website. (save lots of times). Download Hootsuite Hootlet 4. Grammarly What does it do? Grammarly does exactly what you think it does, it correct your grammar. Unless you were an English major, I suggest you download this plugin. It comes in very handy ( makes you sound and feel a lot smarter) Download Grammarly 5. Honey What does it do? Honey is pretty much coupon palooza. This plugin notifies you when the website you are on has any promotional codes. (Saves you lots of money!) Download Honey 6. Mighty Text What does it do? Might text allows us fellow Android users to send SMS messages from our laptops. Similarly to iMessage that Apple products have. Download Mighty Text 7. Just Not Sorry What does it do? This creative plugin helps you realize when you are undermining yourself in emails. For those of us who are constantly apologizing and making ourselves seem lesser than we really are. This plugin will absolutely come in handy. Download Just not Sorry 8. Pocket What does it do? Pocket allows you to conveniently save and read later links you find on the internet. Instead of constantly emailing yourself links, pocket allow you to store and organize these links. Download Pocket 9. Chrome Remote Desktop What does it do? For us busy bees who have multiple computers and are always on the go. Chrome remote desktop allows you to remotely access you other computers. ( For those days you forget to email yourself that 2000 word essay that you stayed up until 3am to complete) Download Chrome Remote Desktop 10. Stay Focused What does it do? We all know how easy it is to sneak to very very distracting things on the internet. StayFocusd increases your productivity by limiting the amount of time that you can spend on time-wasting websites. Download Stay Focused 11. Google Mail Checker What does it do? This does exactly what the name says. Instead of always running to your inbox. Google Mail checker tells you exactly how many unread messages are in your inbox without you having to go to your email. Download Google Mail Checker 12. Simple Blocker What does it do? Block distracting and annoying websites. Boost your productivity! Download Simple Blocker 13. AdBlock What does it do? Blocks all those adds that makes it take forever to navigate the web! Download AdBlock 14. Momentum What does it do? Simple yet magical. Momentum replaces new tabs a personal dashboard featuring todo, weather, and inspiration.This pretty much gives you a calm moment and inspires you to be more productive. Download Momentum 15. Todoist What does it do? Simple and beautiful to do list to help you, you know, get $h!t done :) Download Todoist |