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Book of the day: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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Day 2:

I have nothing much to say today. As my birthday and exams are coming up in this week I am a little overwhelmed and inclined to have fun and study and study and have fun. Sticking to my prioritized list today as well. This week will be conquered by A, B and C !!!! :)

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Book of the day: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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Day 1: The Start

Okay, so here I am. Day 1. All ready to begin? No! Definitely not. I could not sleep last night. It hardly happens but yesterday was the day. I slept at 4 and woke up at 9:15am. Now its 1:25pm and I have not done anything in those 4 hours. Okay, I did eat which means I can start studying right away.  So today I’ll begin with one habit and one 1-time-task.

My 1-time-task for today is to write a list of things I want to do or be in this lifetime. Make an exhaustive list and add everything from being a unicorn which I can’t be to being an astronaut which I may or may not be or being a software developer which I can because I am studying towards that degree. Then, I will select 5 most important things out of it. The most important. Then, I ll discard that sheet and write the 5 things on a new sheet of paper and paste it on my wall. Now, if I am thinking or doing anything that does not contribute to these, then I am not allowed to do it. Isn’t it simple? (not!)

One habit I am going to start with today is one thing I really want to incorporate in my life no matter what. The habit to make prioritised to-do lists. Like I had discussed earlier, make a to-do list of all the things you want to do and categorise them into A, B and C where A is the most important (read most unpleasant because usually the case!). Then proceed to do some from each category depending on how much time it takes. I usually prefer doing 1 from A, 2 from B and 3 from C. This way you get all kinds of work done and not just the most trivial ones. This helps you focus without overwhelming you and you do not end up doing unnecessary tasks.  

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How to Improve your Productivity

1. Plan your day in advance. That means you can get up and get started right away instead of frittering or wasting time. (Often writing a “to do list” is a useful idea.)

2. Decide on your priorities, and do the most important things first.

3. Also, do the hardest task first. Otherwise, they will niggle at you constantly and slowly drain away your energy.

4. Avoid multi-tasking when you’re working on something important.

5. However, it’s good to multitask when we’re doing menial, repetitive and boring tasks.

6. Ditch requests and tasks that are unimportant, and a total waste of your time!

7. Commit to NOT procrastinating. Ask a friend to keep you accountable.

8. Be organised. This includes engaging in advanced planning; knowing what you need for the task; having everything you need close at hand; bundling similar tasks together; and working in a relatively tidy and clutter-free environment.

9. Cut out distractions and avoid time wasters (social media, cell phones, highly social or demanding people etc)

10. Know what your most productive time of day is and treat that as a sacrosanct period for working.

11. Get into the habit of shutting off racing, distracting and negative thoughts. This is a crucial form of self-discipline.

12. Break large tasks down into smaller sub-tasks – and set achievable deadlines for these.

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Book of the day: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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I needed to hear this today. Starting my new and improved daily routine from tomorrow. This gives me hope and more passion to do it right this time around,

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Day 0: The Preparation

So my 35 day challenge failed. Failed because I planned everyday as it came and that was wrong. I did not have a goal in mind when I went to sleep at night and thus did not know what to expect each day. This resulted in more over-sleeping and missing classes. (YOU SHOULD NOT MISS CLASSES!)

So now I am starting again with more motivation and desperation than before because I have wasted few days of my life again. Writing all this on a keyboard is still a pain. I prefer writing on paper because my hand moves at 0.6 speed of my brain. (AND HOW DO I KNOW THAT?). So yeah, today I am starting again .The first 10 days are the hardest? No. While writing a blog, any day can be tough, any day can break your chain and just crash everything. SO HERE WE GO !

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BOTD: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

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Day 4 of 35:

Well, I have been off for a really really long time. I have been travelling and I hate travelling. It wears me out and I don’t feel like getting out of the bed for the entire week. I am talking about the cramped up economy class 10 hours journey twice in a day that I have to complete to reach where I want to reach.  But now it is the time to get back.

So, past few days (or many in this case) you must be making the to-do lists and arranging them in the order of importance. Let’s get on day 4. 

Today, you are going to have a breakfast. We often notice that we run off to work or college with/without having one. I know many of my friends who do have a hearty breakfast as a matter of habit, but there are many, like me, who don’t. So today’s task has to be revolving around breakfast. If you have this good heavenly meal in the morning , I can guarantee you, your day will be so much better. The mornings are the times to get work done. When you wake up and are full of energy. If you feel hunger pangs in just when you seem to start working , it will de-motivate you. Your flow of work breaks if you get up to have a meal then (which will be some sugary doughnut) else you will try to suppress them, either of which has full capacity to hamper your work. 

A breakfast as I have recently read should be high on proteins to help you the most. The likely options are eggs, peanut butter, yogurt, apples, bananas, slice of turkey, handful of nuts and so on. These are the ones I use often for my breakfast (whenever I have one) and I am in love with them. This day, I ll promise myself to have a healthy breakfast more often thus reducing one more excuse to avoid getting work done. 

Remember, the entire purpose behind this challenge is to get work done effectively and to stop being intimidated by bigger and testing challenges that come your way. 

While you are having your breakfast or planning to make one , here are some interesting recipes that can make your breakfast fun:

http://www.delish.com/cooking/nutrition/g1412/quick-healthy-breakfast-recipes/

http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/healthy-meals/breakfast-to-go

P.S: I wont think of making about 20% of these recipes because I am lazy cook, but I cant wait to try the others. 

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BOTD: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

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BOTD: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

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This is one of the most brilliant thoughts I have read today and it is infinitely inspiring. Take notice! :)

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Attitudes and Mindsets that can Change your Life

1. Knowing deep inside that you are good enough.

2. Believing you can do it, and believing you can make it.

3. Choosing to be grateful when you feel like complaining.

4. Choosing to hang in there when you feel you’ve had enough.

5. Knowing each new day is a true gift and fresh beginning.

6. Valuing others, and treating others well.

7. Investing in people instead of chasing things.

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Day 3 of 35: July 7th 2016:

Something important to get you through the day. Get those tasks done. Slice down those unpleasant enemies. Be the master of your destiny. Because you are and will be good enough! 

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Day 3 of 35

Hey. Today is 7th July, 2016. I have to leave my hometown in 4 days and I ll be back to my work place. So this time, I want to kick its ass rather than getting my ass kicked by the work. This is very important and I wont be afraid this time. DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT. So lets get down to what is important.The reason behind why we cannot kick ass is procrastination. Procrastination makes us lose out on time and thus we end up not achieving the results we want for ourselves. This makes us unhappy and being unhappy is not the way to go. So yet again, today’s task will be prioritisation of the To-do list. This is getting repetitive, I agree. But like I said, it needs to be instilled. If you ignored it on Day 1 or Day 2, you absolutely must complete it today. If you have completed the task on Day 1 and Day 2, you should increase the intensity. Face 3 unpleasant tasks of the week. Face that unpleasant colleague, talk to that nasty relative of yours if you absolutely have to, send away that scary email to your boss or simply have the green tea when you wake up. Just do it. You do it once, do it twice and you ll simply stop feeling scared and intimidated by those tasks. Its your life, seize it by its horns. You are in control of your life, you are in control of the tasks and you better not run away from them. Just get it done, like a band-aid !

While you are tackling those internal wars and eating your frogs, here is a motivational speech to get you up and running:

“By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands — your own.”–Mark Victor Hansen” --via LifeHack.org

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BOTD: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

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Day 2 of 35

Hello. I am back again. I made the list for Day 1 but got through only one of the task. The most important one by the way. Lets get through the Day no 2 now. The plan for Day 2 is the same. Make the same kinda list, with the 3 tasks and actually complete the 3 tasks. It needs to be a habit and hence it needs to be repeated. The same thing will be done on Day 3 as well. This way you develop the habit off creating a list and prioritising it, too. Doing small tasks on the to do list does strike down the items off, but that does not imply that you are getting the things done. The things that actually matter. Prioritisation of your to-do list is one of the most important task in itself. 

While you are at it , let me motivate you a little:

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive about what could go right. 

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Day 1 of 35

Day 1: 

It is 5th of July. I need to be less screwed up. I was thinking of watching some motivational videos but nah.. Not going that way. There are days when I consider having lunch on time and bathing (at all) as achievements of the day. Today, is one of those days. But I am going to make it different. 

Here is a trick I had come across in this app called Fabulous Me. Amazing app by the way. A-meh-zzingg. I don’t usually think apps are effective to make me move. But well, this one is good. Okay, back to the trick. The trick is to write down all the things you need to get done in the upcoming week. Everything you can think of. Then put the tasks in either of the three categories; A: most important B: kinda important C: umm, nevermind. Scrap all the tasks below that level of importance. Then decide 3 tasks for today maybe 1 from each category and start working on the hardest (or the most unpleasant) right away. 

While you are at it let me make you read a motivational quote:

Argue for your limitations and sure enough they are yours. 

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35 Days Challenge

Here I am starting the 35 days to being less screwed up challenge. It is exactly as it sounds. There are winners and there are losers. But there is another category of people that I call as the “screw-ups”. They are the ones that want to win but well, dont. We have series of excuses that hinder us from achieving our targets. The cells in our body scream “NOOOOO” when we even think of getting work done. We are not lazy, we are just in a sense of inertia. Permanently! We all know we screw up day after day. So I am designing a series of challenges (less screwed up is one of them) to get my work done, to make it fun, to keep myself busy and put efforts in making things happen around me. Wish me luck!