Hello\nthere! Hope you are doing great and enjoying the last piece of summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today I\nam going to share some new tricks I just discovered to motivate myself, and\nhopefully this could provide you with some orientations?Let\u2019s get\nstarted!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every day\nhas been basically the same since Teams meeting started to dominate our lives. With\nschoolwork and part-time jobs (remotely) on my hands, keeping myself\nconcentrated has the top priority on my list. What I normally did is to make a\ndetailed to-do list beforehand and stick it on my laptop to remind myself those\nare the key assignments I need to finish today. This approach worked well for\nquite a while however, from time to time I found myself easily getting distracted\nwhen following the plan too closely. This doesn\u2019t seem to make sense, so let me\nexplain a little bit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having a\nwell-structed or full schedule is not always the best way to be productive as\nyour brain may need to unwind when your to-do list says \u201cno rest, keep going!\u201d.\nIt is not possible to predict when your brain may resist working tomorrow when\noutlining what you need to do, so one thing happened quite often to me is that\nwhen rest time comes according to my timetable, I was so focused on my current\nwork that I would rather not take a break. On the other hand, sometimes I forced\nmyself to strictly follow my schedule and stay focus even though my brain was\ncomplaining about not having enough rest. As I found setting detailed plans is\nquite tricky and I lose track of time occasionally, I felt the urgent to make\nsome changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead\nof filling my timetable with detailed tasks (e.g. from 9-11 a.m. ~ continuing\nwith the literature review), I only set hours estimated to finish the\nassignment today (e.g. literature review~ 2 hours). This is a way to make my\nschedule more flexible as I can decide when to do it and how long I want to\nfocus on it one time according to my preference. Continuing with the previous\nexample, with the flexible and adjustable plan, I can do the research either\nfrom 10-11 a.m. & 1-2 p.m. or from 9-11 p.m. if that suits me better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be\nhonest, I was not a morning person. Hiking in the early morning was the last\nthing on my list until one day when I got up pretty late and saw the beautiful\nsunshine through the window, I started to think how the sky looks like in the\nearly morning and what I had missed. So, the next day, I decided to capture the\nsunrise for the very first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next\nday, the view I saw at 6 a.m. didn\u2019t let me down, the world looks totally\ndifferent. Everything is so fresh and brand-new. There is no one around me\n(even though it happens quite often in Finland \ud83d\ude09 and after a short walk I feel\nso ready to start mt day. After the attempt, it got me thinking that instead of\ntaking the beautiful nature for granted, we should feel and absorb the energy\nit gives us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\nclosing, two new tricks I\u2019d like to share with you guys are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you\nfor your time. If you have any further questions, don\u2019t hesitate to drop me a\nline via wanafang@student.hanken.fi<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello there! Hope you are doing great and enjoying the last piece of summer. Today I am going to share some new tricks I just discovered to motivate myself, and hopefully this could provide you with some orientations?Let\u2019s get started! Every day has been basically the same since Teams meeting started to dominate our lives. … <\/p>\n