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I think two of the biggest things for me were: Keeping a cascading daily log of tasks, thoughts, sketches. Every evening I assess what I completed and start th

I think two of the biggest things for me were: Keeping a cascading daily log of tasks, thoughts, sketches. Every evening I assess what I completed and start the log for the next day with tasks I didn't finish from the previous day, and new things I want to tackle. It's helped me be productive and is a positive reinforcement loop for being productive. Second is exercising in the morning, and stretching. It makes a world of difference in terms of health, flexibility, and compensates for stationary computer work for the rest of the day. Not to mention, it wakes me up and boost my mood.

iamgopal 8y ago
Often overlooked, Excercise also improves rationality.
fratlas 8y ago
What tool for you use for the daily task logging? Or just good old paper?
- agitator 8y ago
  I used to keep a small notebook. This one specifically: https://www.amazon.com/Leuchtturm1917-Medium-Hardcover-Notebook-Ruled/dp/B002CVAU1Y/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540839585&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=lechturm+small https://www.amazon.com/Leuchtturm1917-Medium-Hardcover-Noteb... I'd have a new one for each year. The rolling aspect kept things off my mind as someone else mentioned. I'd note everything in there. But more recently I moved everything to digital. I keep an iPad pro with me at all times, and I use apple notes. I create a new note for each month, labelled Oct 2018 for this month for example, and keep the rolling tasks list going for that. I keep all of them in a notebook labeled "Daily Notebook". Apple notes lets me access it from more places, and share sketches digitally, and it's free (obviously except for the initial expense of the tablet).
Haydos585x2 8y ago
Probably 3 or 4 months ago I started keeping a daily list of tasks that I wanted to complete that day. I was using iCloud Notes but I moved office and am on Windows now so I just use Google Keep. I'll add anything I want on there. Sometimes it will be Jira tickets I want to complete, it might be "email John about XYZ" or if I'm not feeling particularly motivated it can be as simple as: "Eat lunch", "30 minute walk", "clear inbox". I love having a completed list of tasks and it really frees up my brain from remembering things and let's me focus on getting stuff done.

iamgopal 8y ago

Often overlooked, Excercise also improves rationality.

fratlas 8y ago

What tool for you use for the daily task logging? Or just good old paper?

agitator 8y ago
I used to keep a small notebook. This one specifically: https://www.amazon.com/Leuchtturm1917-Medium-Hardcover-Notebook-Ruled/dp/B002CVAU1Y/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540839585&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=lechturm+small https://www.amazon.com/Leuchtturm1917-Medium-Hardcover-Noteb... I'd have a new one for each year. The rolling aspect kept things off my mind as someone else mentioned. I'd note everything in there. But more recently I moved everything to digital. I keep an iPad pro with me at all times, and I use apple notes. I create a new note for each month, labelled Oct 2018 for this month for example, and keep the rolling tasks list going for that. I keep all of them in a notebook labeled "Daily Notebook". Apple notes lets me access it from more places, and share sketches digitally, and it's free (obviously except for the initial expense of the tablet).

Haydos585x2 8y ago

Probably 3 or 4 months ago I started keeping a daily list of tasks that I wanted to complete that day. I was using iCloud Notes but I moved office and am on Windows now so I just use Google Keep. I'll add anything I want on there. Sometimes it will be Jira tickets I want to complete, it might be "email John about XYZ" or if I'm not feeling particularly motivated it can be as simple as: "Eat lunch", "30 minute walk", "clear inbox". I love having a completed list of tasks and it really frees up my brain from remembering things and let's me focus on getting stuff done.