#be 100

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This is stressing me out an irrational amount

Be kudos #100

Be kudos #99

(both are smut with plot)

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Thank you.

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1. START EARLY No one, and trust me when i say, no one loves sleep more than i do. I could be sleeping all day if i didn’t feel guilty for doing so. Waking up early, the earliest you can obviously makes your day longer. Not only that, but the action itself motivates you to have a nice productive day. It gets easier by time and all you need to do is to kick yourself in the butt and just do it. Just get up. – Although unhealthy, i grab my phone and open Pinterest. I wish i could make my mind work in a more romantic and poetic way, like “i hear the birds sing”, but it does the trick and that’s good enough for me. I allow myself to stay in bed for one minute and then i’m up. – Another thing that helped me, was finding the perfect alarm. I monitor my sleep with Sleep Better, which also happens to have the most and best alarm tones ever. I remember the first time the alarm went off, i felt like the happiest person ever. And that’s kinda a big deal for me as i always make up angry.

2. CREATE A QUICK ROUTINE By creating a morning routine, you ensure that even though you’re sleepy, you have a set of things that you will be able to do without thinking. For me, it goes like: Bathroom first, cleaning myself up and feeling fresh. At this point a nice warm (not hot) shower is the best thing to wake you up. I will either have a quick shower in the morning, or after i finish work in the evening. Feed the cats, tidy up the living room, make the bed, wash the dishes, have breakfast and head over to the office. When focused, my morning routine takes about 30 minutes.

3. PRIOROTIZE This one is a challenge for me on a daily basis. Normally i want to start with what inspires me most and when i do, i end up working on it for half of the rest day. Prioritising for me means starting with what’s more urgent in the schedule. A project that should be complete yesterday? Start with that one. You’ll thank yourself later. Leave the best for last, as you don’t want to get stuck and feel uninspired by the end of the day when you will already tired. – Set a timer to reply to your emails. It sounds stressful but when you have a limit, you become more productive. I bet i’m not the only one who can spend 3 hours a day only replying to emails, so what works for me, is to allow one hour per day (mostly at the end of it) and spend no more than 2 minutes writing one.

4. KNOW YOUR LIMITS & WHAT WORKS FOR YOU Don’t burn yourself up for the sake of having a productive day. That is not the point. The point is to do more with less. So make sure you tick the right checklists, make the right moves and take care of yourself along the way. – Listen to some sweet tunes. Originally i started listening to music because it calmed me down and made me inspired. Along the way i realised that music also created a nice background for my mind to stay focused. It basically shuts down all the noises and distractions. Since last week, i started listening to audiobooks that’s just as good, even if not better. I become so absorbed by the story that even if there was an earthquake i wouldn’t notice it. Hope God won’t test me for what i just said. Imagine what a good effect that has on my productivity though! Plus, you get to hear all these amazing stories, and you always feel eager to go back to the office and hear the rest of it.

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yall better not come to my funeral with that fake shit