Tips that helped boost my productivity and my mental health.

For the longest time, I lived life pretty much letting it go with the flow; I didn’t set a routine and most of the time I found myself being unproductive because going with the flow meant watching a full season of 911 instead of writing an article or reading a book.

At the end of the day, I found myself lacking in productivity and feeling very unaccomplished but that didn’t mean I was going to change, I continued in this said way till I finally started slipping into depression, I had always been the type to keep busy and even though watching movies and staying on social media for hours meant I was busy, I still felt like I was wasting my time. I finally decided to make a change and the following things were what I did to implement this change.

1. I spent my morning reading my bible and listening to gospel music, it helped build my faith and largely improve my mental health.
2. I set reminders for certain tasks like reading a book, calling someone, etc., anything I felt like I needed to do, I set the reminder for it the previous day. The reminders also worked for remembering birthdays and special days.
3. I exercised 5 times a week, it could something as easy as skipping or walking. I also tried not to overwork my body when it didn’t feel like it.
4. I tried to read at least a book weekly and set a target of a hundred books yearly, I made sure I wasn’t reading just fictional books also.
5. Daily, I would keep track of a certain friend or family just to know how they were fairing.
6. I made it a routine to pray twice daily and as a Christian, this improved my Christian life.
7. I also downloaded apps to track my finances, my weight, and also one to save in.
8. I deleted people from my life who I felt were a nuisance and tried to avoid conversations that weren’t beneficial to me.
9. I wrote everything and anything down, from ideas to feelings.
10. I also tried to spend once a week with my family, it could be by watching football or playing a board game together.

With these changes, I realized that my mood changed overall and I became more productive in certain areas that felt lacking. Now I am not saying you need to follow what I did word for word but if you are feeling down or in a funk, some of the things stated above could help you do and feel better.