A surprisingly simple system to get your work done without irritation

Do you also have this feeling?

Most of the time I feel that I’m not utilising my time and energies as best as I can to rev up my progress.

This feeling twists my stomach in discontent, even though most of the times I remain busy.

I mean, I don’t waste my time in Facebook, or in watching any mind-numbing web series.

Maybe it happens with you, too. You might think of decluttering your life by crossing off secondary things (switching off phones, turning off the Internet, packing off television and so on.)

But even when you do it, you feel that there’s a void – something which is sucking your productive time like a leech.

Despite your hectic timetable, you feel that you’re not making progress on your core goals. When you look 6 months back, you get a view that you’re still where you were then.

And then it gets downright hateful to swallow this shitty lump of guilt, right?

If like most people, this situation fits on you, then here’re a few measures you can take up:

Ask yourself –

What goals you want to achieve in the next 3 months?

(You can increase it to 6 months if it suits your working style.)

Then ask yourself –

What one major chunk you want to achieve in the next 1 month (or 15days) according to your work mode?

Now ask yourself –

What one specific, concrete step you want to take now to bite off a piece of this chunk?

This “now” can mean today or a week.

Once you note down your answers, forget everything else and focus with your full energies on this particular thing.

Do a weekly review whether or not you’re making the progress you aim for. Hold yourself accountable for procrastinating and permitting any irrelevant thing creeping on your slate.

When your key goal is thus accomplished in 3-6 months, pick up another goal aligned with your core values and joys.

Break it down to small chunks and pieces, and go with your full focus in checking it off, as if it were the only thing in the world you’re destined to chase.

Just imagine repeating this cycle. In a few years’ time, you’ll get successful in accomplishing massive milestones on your professional track.

The good news?

It’s not impossible. Folks like us, even with weaker resources, have done it, and still continue to do it.

We require to get self-disciplined, throw everything of second importance out of the window, and focus our energies where the real excitement is.

Onwards!