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1. Introduction: How to be successful. How to achieve maximum results. How to be productive 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Why do people on needs to gram
have time for everything? Why do I have no time? Although I have tried all the planning
systems in the world, why I'm constantly
doing something. But my to do least keeps
growing and growing. Many of us ask ourselves
such questions. We are all different. Often the rigid time
management system unsuitable for creative people. The systems kill
all the creativity and immerse us in stress. Working without any system
doesn't lead us to our goals. In my new skill share class, I want to share with you
a system of ten steps. The system will
help you increase your productivity without
unnecessary stress. The main thing is that
you will start moving towards your goals no
matter the circumstances. I added a special bonus
part for working months. I did it because I know how it is difficult to
organize your life. You have time for creativity and work when you have children, and a whole tone
of things to do. If you want to start doing not everything but what
really matters to you, then see you in my class.
2. Class Project: As a class project, I want you to share your main goal for the
next three or four months. You can share a photo of your
to do least or screenshot from your notion or by any
other way convenient for you. Maybe you want to
share with others some tips and tricks for
planning and productivity. Let's be helpful to each other.
3. What is Productivity?: Let's start with what is
productivity itself and why. Everyone is talking
about it all the time. Productivity is the quantity and quality of the
results of one's work. If our productivity is high, we are satisfied with the
results our efforts bring. We get satisfaction from
self realization and use our talents and skills
in the best possible way. Every time we achieve our goals, Topmine produces in our brains. And we feel and joy
and vice versa. When we don't have
goals or cannot achieve the desired
result, we feel anxiety. Yet, productivity doesn't equal business if we are
busy all the time. This doesn't mean that at this particular moment we
are doing something useful. Usually we are doing something that doesn't
lead us to the goal, those postponing what
needs to be done. The good news is
that productivity, like any other skill,
can be trained. The main thing is
not to forget to take into account your
personal characteristics. This is especially important
for creative people.
4. Why Hard Time Management Is Not For Creatives?: Why hard time management is not suitable for
creative people? Creative people are a
special group of people with a more developed
right hemisphere of the brain with developed
imaginative thinking. This type of people needs to
enjoy the process of work. Often cannot work all day
according to a scheduled plan. Doesn't like routine tasks, doesn't like to do
what is needed, needs strong motivation and
a high level of freedom. Needs to recognize
the results of their activities very often suffers from insecurity
and perfectionism. What do standard planning
systems offer us? Almost always focused on work with left
hemisphere of the brain. Don't take into account the
internal state and mood. Don't take into account
household chores, children's pets, and
other circumstances. Don't take into account
the personal speed and temperament focused
on a fixed schedule. Have a fixed list of
tasks to global goals. Creative people can't work productively within
such strict limits. The rules immerse them in station and deprive them of
the motivation to create. How can a creative
person do everything? The first thing to understand is that it is impossible
to do everything. It is important not to do
everything, but the main thing. It is impossible to show
everything into your day. You need to teach yourself to prioritize things
and first of all, do what your future depends on. Next, we'll walk through
simple steps which will help you become more productive and
therefore enjoy life more. Let's get started.
5. Step 1: Where to Get Energy: We need the energy
to be productive. Where can we get it?
It sounds boring, but you need to start with
your physical condition. Yes, it is impossible
to be productive if you have problems
on a physical level. If you don't have energy, no best system of planning and motivation will help you to
be efficient and productive. What's important to consider
health vitamine level, if you feel constantly tired, then perhaps the fact
is that you have a panel iron vitamin D deficit. The problem of energy can be
solved with a simple trick. Second one, an adequate
amount of sleep. We often underestimate
the importance of sleep and overestimate
our capabilities. Sleep is vital to us, Not just sleep, but it should be an adequate amount for an adult. You need seven to 8 hours plus your sleep should
be of good quality. Yes, someone may get a
nice sleep in 4 hours, but few people think about what consequences this will have in the future
for our health. You need to find
your optimal amount of sleep and your
optimal bed time. This can be found simply by updoring yourself for
a week and a half. How do you feel
if you go to bed, for example, before midnight? What if after midnight, Is it easy for you to get
up early in the morning? Are you full of energy or do you feel completely overwhelmed
when you get up early? Such attention to yourself
will allow you to deduce your personal most
comfortable sleep schedule. Most people are comfortable
going to bed before midnight and waking
up near 08:00 A.M. But if you're a night
owl, that's fine. The main thing is that you sleep your daily
norm and feel good. It's also good to find out
your maximum of activity here, the time of the day
at which you are most productive and
ready to move mountains. Someone is ready to get up
before everyone else and do all the tasks while the rest of the family is
watching their dreams. Someone, on the contrary, is actively involved in
work closer to the night. Someone is as
productive as possible, several times a day, observe yourself
and find your peak, or even peaks of activity. Last one, physical activity. We need regular
physical activity. Regularity is the key. Your activity should
be small, but daily, it doesn't mean that we need to spend half a day in the gym. But even a light
30 minutes walk in the fresh air is what will help you stay healthy and
increase your energy level. Yes, all this seems well known, perhaps even boring somewhere. But it's a basis without which it will not be
possible to be productive. Therefore, it is
better to make order in these areas once and move on.
6. Step 2: Dream Bravely: To get somewhere, you need to understand
where you're going. Here, classic planning
systems suggest that we set goals and go from
them no matter what. For a creative person, this is a direct
best to burn out. The goal of the goal
is not what we need. For creative people
to be motivated, they need a dream that resonates
with their inner values. We need a delicious, bright picture filled
with strong emotions. Think about how you see
yourself in your ideal reality. Okay. Just dream for a few minutes. Don't think about
restrictions or finances. Just draw whatever you
want in your imagination. What do you do? What
do you look like? How is your dal day?
Where do you live? Who do you communicate with? What new skills do you possess? What state are you in? What has become
less in your life? What you will have
a year from now? What are you grateful
to yourself for? And try to fix your state. Write down your
dreams and feelings. Pause the video right now
and give yourself 5 minutes. Have you dreamed. Now let's move on because a dream
is good and important, but without goals and
actions to achieve them, no dream will become a reality.
7. Step 3: Remove the Chaos: The first thing we need to do is free our heads from
operational tasks. Imagine that you have
156 different tabs open on your computer at the same time you're trying
to watch a movie on it, Listen to music and work
in Photoshop, for example. What will happen
to your computer? Most likely it will freeze. It's the same with our brains. As long as we keep
everything in our heads, we can't be efficient
enough. What are we doing? Write out all the
things need to be done. That as warming in
your head right now, we write out not only
work related things, but everything in general. Pay for your child's
kindergarten by membership, answer, e mails,
and so on, so on. All these are things that must
be unloaded on a sheet of paper from your head till you feel that your head
becomes completely empty. We spend at least
25 minutes on this because at about this minute
of concentrated work, the brain realizes that
something important is happening and starts to be
involved in the process. Next, you need to
analyze your list. Honestly answer yourself
how much you need. For example, to watch a course. You bot two years ago and
still haven't even opened it. Cross out everything
that not urgent and unimportant. What's next? Set deadlines for everything
that is still on your list. If you've noticed yourself doing everything at
the last minute, set a deadline to
three days earlier than the official deadline. Set real deadlines, not the mythical mandate that
everything has to be done. It won't be. Don't
overwhelm yourself. Now, carefully move all the
tasks in your daily planar, all the calendar app
to the right dates. You can do such practice
situationally when you find yourself in extreme overload
or one or two times a month. Second option, of course, is most convenient and allows you not to be bogged down in the stress of the
number of tasks, unfinished tasks
without deadlines and an understanding
called their priority. A powerful energy hole in our cycle through which
our energy flows. We've dealt with it,
It's time to move on.
8. Step 4: Set the Right Goals: After we have dealt with the
current unfinished tasks, we can start moving
towards more global goals. Now, only the lazy one
doesn't talk about how important is to set
goals and achieve them. Purposefulness is very
much in trend now, But not everyone knows
that the goal should have certain characteristics and that it is important to
set goals correctly. For example, the goals to French become a cool designer
going for sports and so on. In most cases
remain just a point in your planar and will
never be realized. The goal should be digitized
specific, contain numbers. Be measurable and not just
an abstract statement. Because with the abstract
setting of goals, you don't understand
where to start. You double for a long time, you're afraid and expect that it will be done somehow by itself. How do we go from dream to goal? We need to divide our
dream intercomponents. What does it have, the place, people, achievement, and so on. For example, in your dream
there is a picture like I became a great illustrator working with the best agencies. We need to dissect every part. What is there to be
a great illustrator? What it is specifically for me. I work with the best agencies. Which agencies are they? Further, we will specify
each point even. For example, after four months I completed three courses
to improve my skills, developed my style
and illustration updated portfolio road to ten agencies with which
I would like to work. Now let's talk a bit more about what well defined goal is. The goal is stated
in a positive way. The goal is under your control. The goal is verifiable
in a sensory experience. The goal is in the
right context. The goal depends on
access to resources. You know the first steps
to achieve the goal. The goal is stated
in a positive way. If your goal is negative, like I don't want to
be this and that, or I want to stop
doing this and that. Try answering yourself
the questions to what, what will be the
name of the state? When you stop doing something
or being something, the goal is under your control. What can you personally do? Concentrate on what
you can do so that you are responsible for
starting and sustaining it. If the problem, a goal
is outside of us, we won't get results. The goal can be checked
with a sensory experience. The main idea here is to feel your state of mind after
achieving the goal. How will you know when you
have achieved your goal? What will you see here and feel as the result of
achieving your goal? Try to catch the state. The goal is in the
right context. Where when with whom and by
what deadline do we want it? The goal depends on
access to resources. Are all the resources available
to accomplish the goal? What resources do we need
to achieve the goal? What skills, abilities,
money, time, and so on. Can you access them? Where and how you can
find these resources? The last one, you know the first steps to
achieve your goal. What would be the first
steps to achieve the goal? Where will you start
when you reach the goal? And look back at the
moment you started, What would be the first steps? Now let's talk a bit
about the time frame for setting goals for myself. I experimentally deduced the
optimal period, four months. This is an understandable
planning horizon. The goal looks achievable
plus intermediate, small goals for months. If the term is longer, then the goal seems
distant and unrealizable. We should have a feeling
that goal is real. If the goal is set
for a shorter period, then in my opinion, it is already just
part of the routine. And the goal should
motivate you. Your goal should
scare you a little, being outside your comfort zone. Why do we need
intermediate goals? This way We don't
underestimate our goal, but set an additional one that looks more achievable
and doesn't scare us. This in turn removes
unnecessary stress, reduces pressure on our oxy, and our path looks
quite visible. How to set an intermediate goal? We take our goal
for four months and simply divide all its
parameters by four. What part of the big goal
can be realistically accomplished in a months
update portfolio, Or maybe you can make a website. One more important point, your small goals should be connected with your
global dreams. For example, if in your
dream you see yourself in five years as a
successful, active, healthy person and now
your goals are all about only to work
for 12 hours per day. Then of course, we can talk about any activity and health. After five years, you should include at least minimal
physical activity in your day.
9. Step 5: Turn Goals Into a Plan: We have set the right goals now our main task is to start
doing the right goals. Are, of course, good and
important, but without action, they will remain goals and your dream life
will never come. It's crucial to understand that the realization of our goals
is our responsibility. Nothing will happen no matter
how well you set goals and right plans To make it easier
for us to take action, we first need to transform
our goals into a plan. It means breaking each goal down into the simplest and
easiest steps possible. Putting them into
a monthly, weekly, day plan and just
starting to do them. Our brain understands clear
and simple instructions. It's easy for it to start
and follow through. But often our plans
remain just plans. After a while, the
planned but not done, things pile up on us
like an avalanche. It happens because of the
mistakes we make when planning. Let's look at them
in more detail.
10. Common Planning Mistakes: What are some of common
planning mistakes? The first one, you write
a huge to do list for the day and start
carrying things over to the next
day, then the next. And by the end of the week, you end up with an endless to do list, demitivation
and stress. It is better to put as
many things as you can do. It's better to do five things and feel good about yourself. The plan 15. Do the same five and blame yourself for
being unproductive. The second one, you rigidly
links things to time. Wake up at eight, breakfast
from 8.5 to nine. Check e mails 9-920 and
so on the whole day. One day you overslept. Got up, for example, at ten, your whole plan is ruined, as well as your mood. The third one, you don't take into account your
activity levels when planning. For example, you're a
classic morning person, but in the morning you plan a boring routine and
complex, creative tasks. You plan for the evening. At this time of the day, you have neither
energy nor strengths. Brain is started and
you start to get distracted and feel
total dissatisfaction. Be sure to determine your activity peaks
if you haven't done so before and take them
into account when playing. And the last one, you include entire projects in your plan and then don't know
where to start. For example, to make
a portfolio site is not a point of the plan. It's a whole project which should be divided
into separate steps. For example, choose a platform
on which the site will be. Choose a template, select
projects you want to show. Bio Doma and so on and so on. This particular steps should
be included in the plan. Our brain makes it easier to process the input signal
and begin to act, because if the action is simple, then to do it is also simple.
11. Step 6: Plan a Month, a Week, a Day: In this section, I
want to share with you the most effective
planning tools that I think are suitable
for creative people. I will give examples
of specific apps, but you can always choose the ones that seem
convenient for you. I use mind map for
large scale planing. If you haven't tried
planing with mind map yet, I highly recommend
you these too. It allows you to see a three dimensional picture and you can add
colors and images. It's very convenient
for the perception of a creative person in mind map. It's convenient to
plan months a week, work in a particular project, plan some household tasks
like organizing trips, birthdays, and do
many other things. Working with mind
map is very simple. In the center you write
the main theme on the map, and further from it there are lines leading
to the sections. The sections can be followed by subsections with
even more details. For example, when
we plan a month, the section names
would be week one, week two, weeks
three, and week four. You can draw a mindmap by hand. I love to do it. It's
meditation for me. Or you can use an app to create mind maps. What apps are there? Miro, Mind Master Lucy
Chart a mind map, min 42, Glmind and so on, so on. Almost all of these programs
have patent free versions. I use Mira and the link my mind map with notion in which I usually plan my weekend. You can test and choose what will be the most
convenient for you. Let's move on to
planning the day. Here I prefer block planning of the day and dividing
things by spheres. My dos are divided into spheres
that are relevant to me. For example, for now these
spheres are home kids, work goals, work routine,
and personal goals. My work goals include more
global things like drawing, illustration, creating educational products,
and so on, so on. My work routine includes
answering e mails, writing Instagram
posts, filming reels, responding to
messages, et cetera. Home and kids are clear. I think your spheres can be
any comfortable for you. The main thing is to keep
a balance in the spheres without an imbalance in
one particular area. Let's take a look at how my weekly planar is
organized in notion. Everything here is super simple. I try to keep my
planar as simple as possible so that
nothing distracts me. This works best for me. You can do it however you like. Here I have a
motivational quote, just for mult and as
a emotional support. Here I have the main
focus of the week. It helps me to keep what I
need to do always in focus. For example, this week
my focus is on filming the skill share class Here, there may be one
or several items and you can collapse it so
that it doesn't distract you. Here I have a calendar. First of all, I open
my mind map for the week and see what has
already been planned, committed to a particular time. Transfer this into
a plan for the day. Here you can see I plan
each day in blocks. I divide the day into morning, day, and evening block. For each of the blocks, I plan tasks from one or
several of my spheres. For example, in the morning, I usually plan work
related tasks. This can be both main work
tasks and work routines. For example, here is
the video editing. This relates to main tasks, enhancement, skillshare
projects, let's say. This relates to work routines. You can plan as
specifically as possible, or you can plan things by category for each
specific time of day and decide on the fly what you want to do from
that category. Do you want to answer e mails, write an Instagram post,
Digitize illustrations. And here again, note that I plan a 20 minutes break for myself. This is very important, we will talk more
about it later. I have my activity
pick in the morning. The main tasks fall
in the morning. During the day, my
activity decreases. I usually get a little
tired by this time. Plus I already have tasks
related to children. I pick the children from
school and kindergarten. And here I usually have all the household
and routine tasks. That is cooking, cleaning
time with children, and short workout to increase
my energy in the evening. I particularly don't set creative tasks here I set
a lonin task, for example. Here I watch classes. Now I'm studying
procreate and watching classes on procreate dinner. Again, time with
family reading for myself and all sorts
of things like that. This way I plan every
day during the week. Again, if there are tasks tied
to time, I also add them. I don't plan weekends in blocks. I just write down
what I wanted to, needed to do here. I also have my habit
tracker right now, it's a 30 minutes workout, 10,000 steps and 20 pages
of reading per day. Here I mark down, done, this is how I plan
my weekend day. I advise you to try block planning to
it's very convenient. Plus, when you
open, for example, the morning and the rest
of the day is closed, you are not distracted
by other things. You don't see all
these extra things on your list at once. When you're finished
with the morning, for example, you close it, open the day, and
you're already calm and not constantly annoyed about all things you need to do. I advise you to try this
system and then you can write me whether you
like this format or not. And one more important
point, mix tasks. During the day, you can mix tasks of different
lengths and difficulties. For example, one long
task for 1.5 2 hours, then one short for
ten, 20 minutes, then one medium, 120, 40 minutes for example. Or you can alternate between different tasks in
their difficulty. Complex, simple, complex,
simple, and et cetera. I often prefer the
second option, but you can try and understand how comfortable it is for you. Also, it better to mix tasks for the body and the
brain during the day. In the workflow, it is important not to
forget about our body. It helps us to
achieve our goals. That's why it's a good idea to mix things for brain and body. You can include a short walk between blocks of activities, or if you have a
regular workouts, you can mix them with the
main tasks for the brain. It doesn't have to be sports, but some active
housework cleaning, playing with the kids,
walking the dog, anything that gets you out
of your chair and moving.
12. What If Things Don't Go as Planned: What to do if things
don't go as planned. The main thing to realize is
that a plan is just a plan. Not a contract with a fine
for failure to fulfill it. It is just your
reference point for more effective movement
towards your goals. Apart from us and our plans, there are external
circumstances, other people and events
we cannot influence. It's crucial not to
be stuck on plans, but loan to be
flexible and change your plans according to
change in circumstances. How to do this? Calm down
and stop blaming yourself. You're okay. It's just that circumstances are
not always up to us. Prioritize postpone
urgent matters to the next day and the
rest of the following days. But don't reschedule
more than 12 tasks. Solve that the following days. Don't get overloaded. Try to reschedule appointments. Deadlines. We are all human and often a simple explanation of the situation to another
person, cancel the problem. The last one. See
if perhaps you can cancel something
delegate to someone. For example, maybe you can order ready meals
instead of cooking them.
13. Step 7: Don't Forget About Rest: It is possible to increase
your productivity by four times just by properly alternating
between work and rest. The secret is to rest regularly
before you feel tired. Giving yourself time to rest is important to
increase productivity. There is no point in working for 3 hours in a non
resourceful state, when you can do it in 30
minutes with a short rest. What do we do? Work alternating intensive activities with rest. Monitor how soon
you get tired of a particular activity and
switch before you get tired. Determine a comfortable period
of time for your recovery. Understanding the importance of short breaks is one of the
secrets to productivity. Don't sit with your laptop
still for three, 4 hours. It will be much harder
for you to recover. Afterwards, remind
yourself to rest. You can try the famous
Pomadora technique. Now, there are tons of
online Pomadora timers, but you can always use a good old timer on
your smartphone. One more thing,
plan your weakens. Yes, it sounds weird, but we need to recover
on the weakened, not drain the time aimlessly. Plan what fills you up. Time to read, go for walk, do yoga, spend time
with your family, or even take a mini trip. Then you will feel energized and inspired after the weakened, not even more tired.
14. Step 8: Fix Results & Commend Yourself: It is very important
to commend yourself. If you don't fixate
on your achievements, you will feel like you
haven't done anything. By rewarding ourselves
for our achievements, we create a link between success and reward
in our brains. Subsequently, we
unconsciously strive for more successes
to be rewarded. The technique of positive
reinforcement will help to overcome resistance and motivate you to reach new heights. Make your own list of reverts. There will be everything. Only pleasant, a
visit to the cinema, a new book or movie,
a glass of wine, a TV series, a
meeting with friend, a long awaited purchase,
and so on and so on. At the end of the month, capture your accomplishments and reward yourself with something
from the least. When you achieve a big goal, reward yourself with something
significant and valuable. It's also a great practice
to analyze your day every night and note three
to five things you can thank yourself for. These can be small things, but those that bring you
closer to your goal. For example, you
decided on the topic of your next portfolio piece and went for a help on our walk. Praise yourself for this. These are small but
important steps.
15. Step 9: Optimization: Now let's talk a bit
about optimization. Optimization is speeding up and simplifying a process
to minimize errors and save resources every day consist of things we
do automatically. Many of these routine
activities we can optimize and automate What are some of
the ways, check lists, lists and templates services, GPT storage and order list, check list templates can
simplify our lives a lot. Mailing templates,
shopping lists, lists of movies,
books, TV series, contact people, checking
lists of working on projects and household
chores and so on. All these things take time once and then they
save our time. You no longer have to spend
time on something every time you open your list
and use It services. There are a huge number of
services for all occasions, from delivery of purchases
from the store to mailing list services and
social media auto posting. Test a few to see which
ones are right for you. Chart GPT use and chart GPT will allow you to greatly
simplify your work routine. You can use it for
idea generation. Use chart GPT to
brainstorm ideas for project content or
creative concepts. Prompt the model with
specific themes or topics to generate fresh
and innovate ideas. Content drafting and outlining. Use chart GPT to draft
outlines for articles, blog posts, or creative pieces. Use it to refine and
expand upon initial ideas. Helping to structure
content effectively. Editing assistance utilize
it for editing and proofreading content to catch grammatical errors and
improve overall clarity. Get suggestions for
sentence restructuring or refining language for a
more polished final product. Script writing support. Collaborate with
Chart GPT to develop scripts for videos,
postcasts or presentations. Receive assistance in creating engaging dialogues or refining narrative structures alone. In end research,
prompt Chat GPT to provide brief summaries or explanations of complex topics. For quick learning, ask the model to gather information
on specific subject. To aid in research, design and creative
briefs Collaborate with Chat GPT to
articulate design briefs. Helping to communicate ideas
to colleagues or clients. Use it to generate
descriptions for visual elements or
creative concepts. Social media contain creation, get help craft and engage in captions for social media posts. Use chart GPT to generate
ideas for visual contact. Hash text and post shadows. Learning new skills. Ask GPT for recommendations on resources or tutorials to
learn new creative skills. Seek guidance on
specific techniques or tools relevant to
your creative field. Now we move to
storage and order. A creative mess just
sounds pretty in reality. It makes life very difficult. You can't find the
things you need, waste time and get stress out. If you add up those three, 5 minutes spent on
finding the right things, you will have time
for a short workout or reading a book during
the day, for example. It also noticeably decreases our productivity
and concentration. Our brain is constantly experience these
unfinished tasks of finding the right things and needing to put something
back in place. To be productive,
you need to organize your workplace and
preferably space around it. It doesn't mean an
iedilyclean desk, no, but everything should have
its place and you need to learn to put things back
in their place every time. Things should be
organized in groups, for example, if you draw, it's convenient to
keep paints with pans, pencils with pencils, paper
with paper, et cetera. This way you don't have
to look for a tube of water color of a particular
color in a box of pencils. At the worst possible moment, take inventor
regularly and throw out all damaged
irrelevant things. Yes, it's often hard to do, but it makes you breathe
easier just right.
16. Step 10: Procrastination & Perfectionism: Now let's talk a bit about procristination
and perfectionism. What is procrastination? Procrastination is putting
off important things for later and replacing them
with unimportant ones. For example, instead
of working on an order you serve Instagram
or even clean house. It seems that replacing necessary things with the
same cleaning is not so bad. But this way you are not
getting closer to your goals. On the contrary, you are
moving away from them. What are the main reasons
of procrastination? The task scares you. The task is unclear. The task doesn't bring pleasure. The task is not
yours. It is yours. Body signal what to do with it. If the task scares you,
use the technique. What will happen? For example, you will announce your
workshop and no one will come. What will happen
then? Well, yes, it will be unpleasant, but nothing terrible
will happen. In general, if the
task is unclear, perhaps it's too big and it's
already a whole project. That means you should break
it down into specific, understandable steps, each of which is
easy to take and do, as we talked about before. In the example of the
make a website task, the task doesn't bring pleasure. If the task is
unpleasant or boring, think of some encouragement
for fulfillment, or look for pleasure
in the process. Yes, perhaps digitizing
illustrations is boring and not so fun. But you can combine
it with listening to an interesting podcast
or watching a TV series. Or after you finish, you can go to the nearest
coffee shop and treat yourself to a coffee
with something yummy. The task is not yours. Often we try to force
ourselves to do things that we don't need and are imposed by someone else, or even by image on
someone, Instagram. If you find yourself constantly procrastinating on
some such thing, then bravely give up on it. Another important thing is
that often procrastination is a signal from our body
that you are simply tired. If you are constantly
procrastinating on all tasks, you need to go back to step one and check your
physical condition. Now to perfectionism. Perfectionism is often a
companion of creative people. We often find it hard to
stop nagging ourselves, criticizing ourselves endlessly, trying to improve our work, and doubting of our abilities. All of this often leads to the
fact that you are stuck in the middle of task or you will move towards your
goals very slowly, even though you have easily
mastered goal setting, proper planning, and
strong motivation. In general, the constant
dissatisfaction with the results of
your work and yourself, endless bringing work to an unachievable
ideal is something that works well with
personal psychotherapy. Often behind the
endless improvement is the fear of failure,
criticism, and insecurity. But what can we do for
ourselves right now? The main thing is to realize that development and creativity, career and anything
else is the way to go. Each time you will see for
yourself new levels of perfection that become available with the acquisition
of new skills. This growth is impossible without fixing a
particular result, even one that seems
not ideal at all. It's crucial to do what
is called good on us. Then to get feedback
and perhaps to correct something to understand
what knowledge you lack. This way you will
constantly raise your level and see your
progress and results, rather than treading
on the ground in endless attempts to
improve and perfect.
17. Bonus: If You Have Children: I prepare this part for moms. I have two very active kids who are bad sleepers from birth. And I know exactly how challenging it is to stay
productive in that mode. But having kids doesn't mean we have to stop
living, realizing, and getting things done until, let's say our kids go to school or even to
college and leave home. Life goes on right now. If you're working, Mom, the
first thing you need to do is to stop comparing yourself to others and their
accomplishments. Mom of three, living in a big house and a freelancer
without a family, sharing a room with a friend, can't have the same to do list. But often we plan such tasks for ourselves as if we
had no family at all. Then we don't have time, get frustrated, and
start blaming ourselves. Each person has his
own circumstances, his own level of stress, and his own level of efficiency
available at the moment. You have to accept this as a fact and take it into account
when planning your day. Yes, your plan will
be more flexible. Yes, things will be
postponed more often, but you will still be
moving towards your goals. If you have a baby, the
most important rule is that your baby snap
time is just for you. During this time, you
either sleep, rest, study, work, or do your hope,
something for your soul. But you don't do housework or
things related to the baby. You do all household chores with your baby during
their awake time. I discovered this rule with my first child nine years ago, and it was what allowed me to
start working and learning. If the short time that my son slept was spent doing housework, cooking, and stuff like that, that's probably all I
would still be doing now. Rule number three, ask for help. Yes, it's necessary. It can be the help
of your husband, partner outside help like
baby sitting services, or you can even ask
one of your friends to be with your child for
a couple of hours. It's normal and will make your life in emotional
state much easier. Rule number four, you should always be clear
about what you will be doing while your child is sleeping or spending
time with some helper. Don't have time to
go through the, what would I like to
do now from my list? Because there are risks that
all of the time you have, you will be going
through activities, grabbing different things,
getting distracted, and never getting anything done. You have to know particularly
what you are going to do and you have to have all things
you need to be prepared. For example, you have decided that during the baby
sleep you will draw. You should have
prepared in advance all the materials
space and easily sought out the seam on
which you will draw. Because we don't have time
to wait for inspiration, there is only time to take
and do Rule number five, Combine all the things
that are possible. For example, you can listen to an educational webinar while working with your child
or cooking dinner. Yes, it's not possible to
combine all the things you do. And it won't always
be very convenient, but it often works very well. It is good to have a list of those things you can combine. So that again, don't think, oh, and what would I do now? The most important thing is to relax and realize that it's impossible to manage everything with children and
without children too. But we can continue
to develop at our own pace without comparing
ourselves to others. I want to every working mom and tell her how much
she's already doing.
18. Conclusion: It is impossible to
achieve everything. But it is important to
understand your goals. Move systematically, and focus on what is
important to you. Remember, your life is the
result of your attention. I hope my system of ten steps from this class will
help you in your life. Thank you for your time,
for your attention, and of course, for your
positive feedback. See you in the next class.
Olga Sh, Sketch Illustrator | Master Coach ICI
