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Tricking yourself into doing one of the smallest things from your todo list works. Usually you end up doing much more.

Writing todo lists helps too, but not immediately. It forces you into thinking mode and you may end up doing a lot of the work next day.

But there is still a limit. You cannot be productive 40 hours per week.

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The key for me was in acknowledging that I am not a machine and cannot be productive every single hour of the week. For the past 6-7 years I've been struggling with anxiety disorder and it's only recently that I discovered (with the help of a psychiatrist) that part of it was being caused by me setting unrealistic expectations on myself. Todo lists are great, but to prevent unhealthy obsession, at the end of each day I would focus on what I got accomplished rather than what I didn't get accomplished. Also make sure the list is reasonable because if it is not, it will just draw attention to how (seemingly) unproductive you were that day.

Good On you mate ! Thanks for sharing.

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