For my final project, I read the book The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey and used the tips and strategies mentioned in the book to implement into my life. My goal for this project was to learn to manage my time better so that I could balance school, extracurricular activities as well as make time for myself as well as to beat procrastination. While reading the book a few strategies stood out to me that would help me to accomplish these goals; these being the rule of3 and allocating stricter time constraints on daily tasks and the 30 minute technology detox. For three weeks I sought out to implement these strategies and ultimately accomplish my goals.
The Great Habit Hack
This blog post begins with a small background about myself and what problems I have with my habits. It then goes into talking about the book I chose and why I chose it. I talk about a few specific things from the book and then I move onto my 2 strategies I got from the book and implemented into my life. I describe them and why I chose them and provided examples and pictures. I follow that up with my take away and some closing statements and recommendations.
Why Being “Meticulous” is not Wasted Effort
My course project is in a blog post format. It details my experiences in utilizing concepts such as peaking my productivity and living in my calendar as suggested in the book InstantFocus. I offer insight on how being more accountable of oneself can provide tremendous benefit in the accomplishment of goals. I discuss how my life was prior to not using these strategies, and howI feel it has changed for the better. I then give my takeaway, and recommend others to improve their own lives using the strategies I have.
Managing Your Procrastination
The purpose of this project was to decrease my procrastination by improving my time management skills and increase productivity. This book helped give me many ways to improve all three while keeping me engaged. Many little activities helped me understand my priorities and what’s keeping me from starting my work, keeping me from staying on task, and why I’m not able to focus. This book helped me immensely improve my study habits.