4-The-Productive 🥸

Productivity Tip:

5 Second Rule

The 5 Second Rule helps you get started on something you don’t want to do.

It’s a motivational concept introduced by Mel Robbins in her book "The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage."

How it works:

1) When you feel an instinct or urge to act on a behavior that will help you toward your goals (e.g. getting out of bed to exercise, starting a project, speaking up, etc.)

2) Count backwards: 5-4-3-2-1

3) At the end of the countdown, physically move or take action on that motivation before your mind can talk you out of it.

The rule is based on the understanding that human beings are hardwired to be lazy *cough* and prioritize the path of least resistance.

This rule disrupts this tendency by forcing you to initiate action before your brain rationalizes reasons not to act.

Tools and Apps:

Digital:

• Archive Buttons - A website that provides an easy way to access archived versions of paywalled articles and content for free. Paste in the link and you’re done.

• Similar Songs Finder - Type in a song you like and it will generate a list of similar songs from Spotify.

• CircletoSearch - A quick way to search. It’s a Google chrome extensions that lets you circle whatever on any webpage and the extension will search for it.

• WhoBrings.com - A collaborative platform to create shareable group pack lists for trips, festivals, and gatherings. Figure out who brings what for your next gathering.

Physical:

• Electric Mason Jar Sealer - With a click of button, this makes it super easy to seal and store food in a mason jar for months or maybe even years to come.

• Portable Go-Kart Cleaner - A little Go-Kart for kids that also cleans the floor while they ride it. It’s the least they can do while living rent free.

• Chom Chom Roller Pet Hair Remover - Perfect lint roller that is amazing for removing pet hair.

• Pro Chicken Shredder - You ever try to shred chicken with just two forks? Yeah it sucks. Replace the forks with this and get shredded chicken in half the time.

4-The-Procrastinators 🥱 

Life Hack

Skip the Departure Drop-Off Line

If you're heading to the airport and the departure drop-off area is really backed up, here's a tip:

Get dropped off at the arrivals area instead.

Then you can just walk over to the departures level without waiting in that long line of cars.

Bingeables 🍿(Just Stuff to Binge On)

Show: The Outsider

Where: HBO MAX

Genre: Drama/Mystery

Episodes: 10

About: Really good suspense show. It’s about a horrific crime (don’t want to spoil anything) that prompts a police investigator to go on a unsettling quest to uncover the facts. Based on Stephen King’s novel.

Stuff to Play With:

Suno.ai: This lets you make a song with AI, but the results are actually very good and scary. Just try this and see what I’m talking about.

Articles and Videos:

Videos:

How I turned my iPhone into a productivity machine:

So, this YouTube video dives into how you can turbocharge your iPhone into a productivity powerhouse. It's all about cleaning up your apps, setting up different focus modes, and using shortcuts to keep you on track and focused

Article:

3 Questions to Get Unstuck and Start Making Progress

A cool little read about why questions to find out why you aren’t doing what you’re supposed to do. Maybe like right now…

Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying purchases

That’s it for this week! If you have any suggestions feel free to reach out.