Declutter Your Mind To Create A Stress-Free Environment Around YouHow often do you wake up and start thinking about the not-so-positive events that happened over the past week?
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How often do you wake up and start thinking about the not-so-positive events that happened over the past week? Maybe you wake up with old regrets and leftover guilt, mulling onnegative emotions? The crush of your pending daily tasks (possibly even past due), long-term projects, reminders for your family, paying bills or even yourbusiness goalsand aspirations, all of these can lead to a flood of wasted time and energy.
If such thoughts are cluttering your mind before you even get out of bed, how can you focus on being the best at what you do? Imagine if you were able to clear that clutter out of your mind's eye to create a stress-free, emotionally-calm environment around you. The results would be astounding. To enable you to start to clear your mind-space, here are some tips I have picked up over the years torelieve stress, increase my productivity, and make me more organized in my head:
1. START WITH A LISTWrite down everything in your head as a to-do list, digital notebook or diary; whatever method works best for you. I use an electronic to-do list calledTickTickwhich I can access on my computer and also on my phone at any time. I often write lists of items that are next on my to-do agenda, projects or maybe something for the future, and of course, my shopping list.
2. PROJECT MANAGECreate a to-do list for each project. There are steps you have to go to through to reach the end goal of the project, so set them out individually and conquer one task at a time. It's much better setting items out instead of keeping them in your head.
3. FOCUS ON ONE THING (ONLY)Stop multitasking. We end up wasting time skipping between different tasks. Do one thing well, finish it to your satisfaction, and then move onto the next task.
4. REVIEW AND REORDEREvery week review your calendar, inbox and to-do list. I set aside time in my calendar each week to spend solely on reviewing my administrative life,filing documents in their folders需要进行破坏,破坏物品,设置new reminders and re-prioritizing tasks at hand.
5. JOT DOWN IDEASPut down any random thoughts into a notebook. I use Evernote, but you can also use the Microsoft version called OneNote, or even an old-school notebook.
6. TAKE IT DAY BY DAYFocus on important, essential items to complete each day. Don't have daily musts; they will only stress you out.
7.工作了蒸汽Exercise. There are always articles about exercising and how it can help to increase the oxygen into your blood cells, which then goes to your brain and makes you more productive. I'm no advocate for physical activity, but I do find this to be true. I go for walks, even if it is around a mall, to clear my head.
8. TAKE A STEP BACKCalm down. If you don't finish it today, you can do it tomorrow. It will not be the end of the world.
Don't overcomplicatesimplifying your life. Start with the first step and then the next step, and next, until gradually you'll get used to a new, decluttered methodology and later, you'll find it becomes habit.
