I thought there was something wrong with me. No matter how much I want to be effective, I just couldn’t have done things.
I would present ambitious goals, I will prepare detailed programs, and then … Nothing. Hours would slip when I was taking out, I devised me, or just felt very dried.
I have been blaming this in laziness for years. I told myself that I didn’t have discipline that I wouldn’t just be of what they were naturally driven by people who could push and happen.
But the more I learned about the motivation, focus and the level of energy, the more I began to realize. My struggle had nothing to do at all.
It took me for a long time to find out what’s going on, but once I did it, everything changed.
How I discovered the real cause of my struggle
The turning point came when I stopped accusing me and began to pay attention to patterns.
I noticed that during some days I could have focused on others, and even the simple tasks were impossible. Wasn’t it about Wilpensor? It was about energy.
So I started following my habits. I paid attention to sleep, what I ate, how often I moved, and even how certain tasks make me feel. Slowly, he emerged.
It was not that motivation was missing. It was that I didn’t succeed in myself. I was running empty and waiting for my brain to work in his best case.
Once I saw it clearly, everything changed. Instead of creating efficiency, I focused on my energy-priority recreation management, creating modes that worked for me and to find ways to perform tasks.
Why productivity is just about discipline
The longest time I believed that being effective is everything about discipline and will. If I didn’t feel things, it should have been because I didn’t really try it.
But the more I push me, the worse I feel. No self-criticism did not make me effectively. It made me feel guilty and stuck.
What I finally understood is that productivity would not be only available to work. It is about understanding what is really helping to act at your best.
Energy level, mental clarity, and even emotional state play a huge role as much as you can do.
Once I leave the idea that I was just lazy and began to focus on what the mind and body should have changed.
How I started working with my energy instead
Once I stopped making me effective and started paying attention to my energy, everything changed.
Instead of beating myself so that I couldn’t make sure I built my schedule when, of course, I was in the center of attention. I noticed that my mornings were my best time for deep work, so I defended it then and later kept more easy tasks.
I also prioritized. Instead of force, I allow me to make breast breaks. Does it walk fast, with a short nose or leave for a few minutes from my screen?
It’s amazing, the more I allowed you to recharge the more I did.
And finally, I did tasks to feel easier to reduce resistance. If something was overwhelming, I broke it into small steps. If I have started something I have put a timer for only five minutes. More often than no, it was enough to go to me.
The biggest class. Productivity is about to work more about yourself, it’s about creating the right terms to do your best job.
Taking control of how you work and live
Looking back, I realize how disappointment has been made to try to fit into the idea of productivity, which has never been designed for me first.
We are constantly telling that success comes from discipline, hustle and push, but we are rarely encouraged that these approaches actually work for us.
It took a long time to realize that I was not failing. I was just following the wrong project.
The biggest movement happened when I stopped assuming something wrong with me and began to take responsibility for how I worked. That way of thinking not only improved my productivity. It changed how I approached everything in my life.
If you have ever felt the cycle of sin and frustration, here’s what helped me to release.
- Stop blaming yourself. Your struggle doesn’t set you.
- Notice what actually works for you, instead of forced.
- Question the advice you’ve always followed it really serves you.
- Move your attention from discipline to energy management.
- Give yourself permission to work without sin.
When you stop fighting against you and start working with your natural rhythms, everything becomes easier. Not only productivity but also life in general.