The most productive I have been in my life was probably during my final year at university (2019), completing my CS degree. I scored my best grades during this year. I attribute this increase in productivity to the following reasons:
I had signed a graduate job offer, which lowered my stress and made me feel more secure about the future.
I was generally feeling secure about my social relations. One of my friends was topping all the classes, and I learnt a lot from her while studying together.
I went on daily walks at a beautiful park nearby (averaged 10k+ daily steps for the year) and listened to audiobooks. Audiobooks trained my focus. Whenever I got distracted from the audiobook, I’d rewind and bring my attention back. I also paused and typed notes whenever I came across a fascinating idea.
I dramatically reduced social media usage and deleted several accounts.
I had a daily routine going on, which was destroyed by the pandemic. It took me a while to re-establish a new routine.
I read the book “The Mind Illuminated” and was meditating daily. I’m uncertain how precisely this helped, but the practice felt good. I stopped practising meditation, but maybe I should pick it up again.
The most productive I have been in my life was probably during my final year at university (2019), completing my CS degree. I scored my best grades during this year. I attribute this increase in productivity to the following reasons:
I had signed a graduate job offer, which lowered my stress and made me feel more secure about the future.
I was generally feeling secure about my social relations. One of my friends was topping all the classes, and I learnt a lot from her while studying together.
I went on daily walks at a beautiful park nearby (averaged 10k+ daily steps for the year) and listened to audiobooks. Audiobooks trained my focus. Whenever I got distracted from the audiobook, I’d rewind and bring my attention back. I also paused and typed notes whenever I came across a fascinating idea.
I dramatically reduced social media usage and deleted several accounts.
I had a daily routine going on, which was destroyed by the pandemic. It took me a while to re-establish a new routine.
I read the book “The Mind Illuminated” and was meditating daily. I’m uncertain how precisely this helped, but the practice felt good. I stopped practising meditation, but maybe I should pick it up again.