You will never get everything done in a single day.
I know this may seem discouraging, or maybe negative in a sense.
You may be thinking, “What is he talking about? Isn’t this about productivity?”.
But don’t leave yet. Hear me out.
I’m sure you know about the mighty to do list. You write everything you need to be done on paper, then cross out an entry once you’ve completed it.
But as I have mentioned in the title, completing many tasks is not always good.
Once you have your list, you might start off with the most easy because you want to have momentum. The more complicated ones will be done later in the day. Not yet a 100% sure when, but when you have free time.
I was also like this previously. I preferred to complete small simple tasks and then check the an item off the list.
It gave me a feeling that I was productive, that I was able many things.
It’s not being able to close many things off the list, but being able to identify the most important things, and complete them.
This is a battle of quality versus quantity.
If you are able to sort out your most important things, and you do it well, then you will definitely be more successful as compared to just doing many small tasks without any impact to your goals.
When working off a list, always choose quality over quantity.
Make sure what you are doing has an impact to your life and to those people around you.