2. Create a powerful set of routines that includes both work and rest

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Did you know that our moods and emotions are primed based on our environment? As such, a relaxing home environment may not be our best ally, as compared to a professional office setting.
Create that headspace that fires up your productivity! Start setting routines that work in your favour.
Firstly, minimise distractions by choosing a quiet space in your home, muting handphone notifications, and eliminating visual distractions from your line of sight.
At the start of the day, it’s also ideal to prioritise tasks based on importance and urgency, and carve out blocks of time for deep focusing. Organising similar tasks to be accomplished in one go creates a familiar rhythm that fosters productivity as well.
Tracking your time spent on various tasks also helps you analyse your productivity, as you identify the bottleneck of processes, and how to mitigate them.
Lastly, remember to take breaks in between and move about, giving your mind and body that stretch that it needs, before hunkering down to tackle the next set of tasks. In fact, long stretches of work are shown to sap creativity. Walking to the window, or having a short chat with family members might give you that much sought-after inspiration after a period of mental block moment.
Try the Pomodoro technique – intense concentration for 25 minutes followed by a 3 to 5-minute break. The duration of work time can then be adjusted based on individuals. In fact, this time-management system is believed to help one grow immune to self-interruptions and even disciplines the brain to focus, earning it cult followership.