Like most college students, I struggle with this productivity problem. Who doesn’t? We’ve been programmed since college to study study study away, and everything will be alright. Well, it might be alright, but this system fucking blows. How many people have fun studying? I wouldn’t imagine there are many of you out there.
So I’ll let you into a little system I’ve been using for the past few weeks, on and off. I didn’t commit to it fully until earlier this week, and things have been going much more smoothly. When this practice is more fully developed, I’ll get more in depth to it. (Wrote this in a response to my friend Ryan’s post.)
Reward yourself when you have completed an important task (or worked hard at it for as long as you can, not all tasks can be completed at once), and micro-reward yourself.
Everytime I write a blog post or complete some unspecified task, I reward myself by playing frisbee with my friends, or go to the basketball court and practice layup drills, or starting up that new book I’ve been meaning to read. Then after you’ve exhausted yourself in that, get back to the next task at hand. It’s crazy how your productivity goes up when you feel as if you have something to look forward to.
Separate what you need to do from what you want to do and balance out these activities. It becomes more fun than just identifying task after task. Hell, you can even mix it up and make “Talk to cute girl in my class and ask her to lunch” a need task, and reward yourself afterward whether you succeed or fail at it. Because what do people need more from in life than forging new relationships?
What are your tips for being productive? Comment away!
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