RE: June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Ten: Set A "Main Task" For Each Day
Super important, this one.
If you can set a task every day, and achieve it, not only do you get the things done that you want, but you also create a habit. And that habit, once instilled (after say, 60 days) can last a lifetime.
You can literally train yourself to be more productive.
But, it's important that your daily task, while worthwhile, is achievable. It's no use setting a big goal, which might not be possible to achieve in a single day - break a big task into smaller tasks if necessary.
Another thing you can do, to make this stick, is to set a daily reward, which is earned for completing your task. It might be, I get to watch 1 hour of Netflix (if that's your thing) in the evening if I complete the task.
The "reward" (something you might've done anyway) re-enforces the action.
@m-ssed-t: I like the reward approach you speak about. It is true that the satisfaction of achieving your target at the end of day is a great feel factor, but sometimes you have to do tasks that are not to your liking. In those situations, a reward based approach serves as a motivating factor...
Having a limited amount of entertainment time along with the work really helps me keep everything sorted out. I never thought of it as a reward but I can see how you'd look at it that way