I want to focus on increasing my productivity. I look for ways to set goals and work towards completing them. Daily goals to keep me accountable, and longer goals to keep me striving. I have gotten so used to chasing goals for years I seem to get bored when I don’t have any. However, even with goals I can easily fall into a drift mode where I begin to get busy with things that aren’t productive. I think it’s an important distinction to make between movement and achievement. Don’t mistake movement for achievement and give careful consideration to your time.
I am not suggesting that we should always be productive and not have any down time or leisure time. I am looking at those times when we intend to be productive but can’t get going, or fall off after a while. Being busy doesn’t always mean being productive. I think I first heard about this when someone said to be cautious of “majoring in minor things” with our time. This had me thinking about the difference between occupying our time and maximizing our time. You can wake up one day and realize that the same goals are still sitting there for a long time because you just got too busy or have been majoring in those minor things!
It’s easy to assume that because we’re busy we are accomplishing much. I recently discovered the concept of seeking momentum. We can lay out short term goals, long term goals and even have “SMART” goals. However, we need to start somewhere and those first steps are crucial in establishing direction and starting that momentum. When you don’t know where to start pick something and get that momentum going. When goals feel too big just get started with something related to your goals. Break them down into smaller steps so you can lean into the momentum. Here is to majoring in more major things while moving to maximize time and productivity!
Dedicated Purpose 