![]() It carries over no balance from day to day. Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. From author Marc Levy, If Only It Were True: The calendar helps you make the most of the time you have available each day. ![]() It's amazing how that reminder can keep me motivated. Second, adding things to my calendar means notifications on my phone and computer throughout the day, reminding me of the intention I set for myself. First: it forces me to see my time as a resource I have to allocate. I then figure out how I'm going to use my unscheduled time in order to accomplish what needs accomplishing by putting each task on my calendar. Every workday morning, after breakfast, I look at my to do list, my inbox, and my calendar. That’s why I started planning things in advance. When I feel this way I take it easy, only to wonder at the end of the day where all of my time went. I’m very good at feeling like I have plenty of time to get things done. Schedule The Thing On Your Calendar, So You Actually Do It In other words, how to motivate yourself to start a task when you don't feel motivated. Here are a few tricks I and a few of my co-workers use to get started, even when we really, really don't want to do the Thing. Which is why over time I've found ways to force the issue on myself. Whatever the Thing is, you just can’t get started. ![]() Maybe the Thing is something small like a phone call you need to make. Maybe the Thing is a coding project you’ve been putting off. There’s a "Thing" you should be doing but for some reason just can’t get started on. This leads to me falling back into the dopamine-rich environment called "internet," where algorithmically designed distractions devour time until it's 5 o'clock and oh well I'll seize the day tomorrow. When I manage to get started I get a lot done, but I rarely find myself in the mindset where I want to get started on something that I know will take a lot of time or effort. I also really, really, don't want to start writing right now. I am so grateful that I get to write for a living. ![]()
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