Productivity & Discipline

It's been quite a while since I've written a blog post - just for the pure reason that I've been rather busy.

Today I wanted to talk about productivity and discipline. For many years I've tried and tried to make myself a more productive person. My productivity levels have improved somewhat and I've become slightly more proactive in my day-to-day work but I always seem to get distracted.

Even at school and college I would leave most homework and assignments till the night before because I'd get distracted scrolling through Instagram or tidying things up before I worked to make a more 'work-friendly space'. Even when I turned my phone off and resisted the need to tidy and procrastinate I would start biting my nails, scratching my head and my mind would drift off somewhere else.

It really grinds my gears that I'm such a fidgety and ill-motivated person. I never found something that really got me going. The E-commerce store I started back in June has really opened my eyes to the entrepreneurship world and it's something I desperately want to pursue. However, sometimes I get upset because I'll be watching a course that's worth it's weight in gold and I'll be listening and pick up on a lot of stuff but sometimes I'll just miss important things because I have an attention span of a gnat. Tyler will listen in and say 'woah that's so cool, did you get that?' and for that split second I will have stopped listening as intensely and missed it and then feel really bad for it...like I don't deserve to even be watching it.

I used to get quite envious of my best friend and my boyfriend because they both have something they're ridiculously passionate about and want to do everyday. My friend loves horses. I mean, I love horses too but she's willing to put that hard graft in because she loves it THAT much. Tyler loves, loves, loves business - even when we're cooking dinner he'll be listening to business mastermind recordings and taking in all that information. It makes me feel lazy for just wanting to cook and chill or watch vloggers instead of business videos.

In the mornings me and Tyler try to go to the gym and it's really hard for me to go because I think the workouts are tedious. The 20% of me that wants to go is because I want to feel like I've done my part to be a healthier person. I like knowing I've burnt those pizza calories! Having that discipline to go every morning and wake up at 7am is not in my nature...YET. And I feel lazy for it! But I want to change, and I will. I get frustrated if I don't have a purpose or job to do everyday, it's just productivity and my organisation of time that needs to improve. Time is valuable and I need to use it in the best and most efficient way I can.

So I've made a weekly goal for myself; I'm pledging to write a blog post every Friday.

Love, Sophie 🐻

Edit: I didn't do that. Oops!