Maximize Productivity Even While Procrastinating
How to work with your bad habits and still meet goals
We all do it. We mean well. We set aside time to write or do a chore, and then it all just sits while we go do something else. I’ll get lost in social media or begin playing with my playlists for my mood music, play around with the graphics maker, or even begin chores.
What I don’t give myself credit for is that I am accomplishing something most of the time. I’m just not accomplishing exactly what I set out to do. Why?
Sometimes our brains just are not ready to do what we need to get done. And when that happens, you will come up with anything you can think of as an excuse not to work on your A — NUMBER ONE goal.
I’m publishing this list because these are methods I use to either overcome my self-imposed obstacles or work with my procrastination to get a better outcome than just running off the rails.
State your goals and what you need to do to accomplish them.
My first rule for being productive despite my neurodivergent brain is to always have 2–3 goals in mind and keep an entire list of activities that can get you closer to your goals. I do this in a notebook — giving each goal a page, and the lines beneath…
