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I have found using a productivity timer to be helpful. Pomodoro is one. That method uses 25 mins of focused work followed by a 5 min break. After 4 of those cycles, you take a 15 min break. I also have custom timers for cycles that work better for me. I like 45 mins focus followed by a 15 min break. I try to shoot for a certain number of cycles in a day that gets to a certain number of billable hours in the day. I won’t pretend that it’s foolproof, but my hours tend to be much better on days that I use timers.
I struggle with the same. Since March, I decided not to punish myself and let myself go through the motions and accept that I will have ups and downs. I remind myself to be grateful- grateful my office is still operating, grateful I can easily WFH, grateful I love where I live, etc. I am also kind to myself on the days I don’t feel motivated. I am in a field where I don’t have billables though, so it’s easier to take it easy at times. I also remind myself to acknowledge things are out of my control but I still have a responsibility yo my team/client/community etc. I try to get out of my space every so often for several hours at a time, too, and that really keeps me sane. Hope you feel motivated soon!
A natural response to stress is your brain releases cortisol (which leads to “brain fog”) and your brain will temporarily shut down your prefrontal cortex which is the part of your brain focused on goal oriented tasks, planning etc.
Your body is feeling the stress because of the global situation and the drastic change in your routine, social interaction, etc. You need more rest and to find ways that relieve stress for you- whether that is exercise, playing with a pet, or something else. Or take a day off or two to rest and recharge.
None of this is normal and we should not expect our bodies to act like it’s normal.
Same here.
Starting my day off with a walk outside helps me use up some of the energy I normally would use to commute. It also eliminates the antsy/ADD energy to help me stay focused in the morning longer.
Sameeeee. My therapist suggested Pomodoro (as someone mentioned above) and to take those breaks seriously and do things that make me happy.
Im even contemplating changing fields. I’m exhausted
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Yes! I felt the same when I was sitting in my pajamas and working from the kitchen table for months on end. Get in a routine. Get up at the same time every day, take a shower and put on real clothes as in pants that button and zip :-) set a goal each day for how many hours you were going to work/bill. Work that around your mom or school duties as best you can. Stay in a routine. Also don’t forget to take care of yourself and reward yourself with something like exercise or a glass of wine if you reach your goal!
I second the recommendations here for productivity timers to help make your work time more productive, but what is most important for me is clearly delineated “work” and “home” periods and spaces.
I actually moved to a WFH situation about 18 months before the pandemic-wife took a job out of state less than a year after I joined my firm and they let me stay on despite a cross-country move-and suddenly being in the “office” all the time was a huge problem. Before, it was easy to work hard at the office and then put it all away and go home and only on very rare occasions do some work at home after hours to meet a deadline. When I started WFH, it became too easy to slack during the day and say, “no big deal, I’ll just come back to it later,” but that eventually led me to a cycle where I was staying up too late most nights, being an unproductive zombie during the day, staying up late again to compensate for sucking wind during the day, and so on. Eventually I started to feel guilty, like I was stealing time, whenever I was doing anything at home that wasn’t work.
Now, I set an alarm to go off for “go to work” and for “go home.” I can’t always stop work when the “go home” alarm goes off, but it it’s enough to get my head shifted to home time., enough to help me feel like I have given what’s owed to the work, and whatever else I decide to to after that, be it more work or some selfish hobby, is up to me. It helps to remind myself that I owe work time to work and home time to me and family. It’s not fair to give my time or my family’s time to work and vice versa.
To go with that, I found I had to have a dedicated “work” space where I go to do work and nothing else. I remember at first thinking how great WFH would be, since I could take my laptop and work all comfy on the couch or out on the porch in the nice weather, but it was no good. I found that if I worked on the couch, then it eventually got into my head that I should be doing work whenever I was on the couch.
I find a prioritized list of things that need to get done. Once that list is completed I give myself a break and go for a walk or sign up for a webinar. I find that my stress level is reduced after I complete my prioritized work and take a break. I am then motivated for the rest of the day!
I feel this so hard lately. I try to stick to a routine. Get up take my dog for a walk get the kids ready and then sit down at my desk to work. I get up when I need to and when the workday is over I leave that area and go do something fun.
A few people have mentioned the Pomodoro Method - you don't need to get any fancy timers - use www.tomato-timer.com and it works great!