7 habits for a productive life
by Parker · 37 things on NewTwos
- Get 7-8 hours of sleep
- Proper sleep improves every aspect of your life
- You’ll make better decisions
- You’ll have more energy for tasks and interactions
- It’s important for your long term health
- "Sleep is the best meditation." - Dalai Lama
- Eat healthy
- A healthy diet provides the right amount of energy to live
- You’ll feel better about yourself
- "To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we will not be able to keep our mind strong and clear." - Buddha
- Journal every week
- Making time to reflect improves your self-awareness
- Learn from your past experiences and set intentions moving forward
- You’ll have a history to look back on for the rest of your life
- I’ve been journaling in Twos for 7 years and it has cool features to remember what you’ve written in the past
- "Write hard and clear about what hurts." - Ernest Hemingway
- Write things down
- Inline with journaling, writing things down has many benefits
- Offload your mind to relieve stress and be productive
- Write down your goals, tasks, experiences… anything you want to remember
- I also use Twos to capture notes, tasks, reminders, lists, and information about people all in one quick and easy place
- "Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our brains are used to think." - Albert Einstein
- Start time blocking
- If you have multiple priorities, time blocking can help you make progress every day
- You can focus on one task at a time knowing you’ll focus on other priorities later
- "Either run the day or the day runs you." - Jim Rohn
- Start saying no
- You only have so much time
- Say no, so you can say yes to the things you want to do
- People will respect your decision or they aren’t trying to understand your perspective
- "It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important." - Steve Jobs
- Read a book per month
- It doesn’t even need to be books
- It could be a course online or a video on YouTube
- Spend time learning new skills and ideas that you’re interested in
- Invest in yourself and your abilities
- "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." - Margaret Fuller