It’s okay to multitask if you follow my rule for multichannel multitasking.įor instance, you can walk and listen to a podcast at the same time. Tagging emails in this way frees your mind from distraction because you know you’ll reply during the specified time you’ve allocated for this purpose in your timeboxed schedule: I set aside time every day to reply to Today emails and three hours at the end of my week to respond to This Week emails. Then you’ll close it without replying-unless it needs an immediate response. Instead, rely on the two-touch method for emails: At the first touch, you’ll open the email and tag it for response either Today or This Week. My desktop is clean, and I can search for whatever document I need in my Everything folder.ĭon’t open and respond to all emails in the same span of time. This may seem like too quick a fix, but I’ve found that sorting files into folders is an unnecessary step. Are you someone who chooses to properly organize every file taking up space on your desktop? Fine! But if you’re like me, you might cheat and simply throw everything on your desktop into a desktop file marked, well, Everything.
How you go about this depends on your preferences. Therefore, it’s important to have a clean workspace. Visual clutter can lead to mental clutter. Rather than let the hours slip by, I know when I need to speed up my work pace, and I can correct my pace before it derails the rest of the day. Every hour, a chime goes off on my phone to help me stay on track with my timeboxed calendar. Android’s Digital Wellbeing’s focus mode lets you preset a schedule to automatically mute certain apps during personal time or your scheduled focused work sessions. It also lets you create custom focus modes for when you’re exercising, reading, meditating, and more. Here are 8 productivity improvements to make, in just 2 to 30 minutes:Īpple iOS has a range of focus modes that silence disruptions while you’re driving, sleeping, and working. So, let’s file these productivity hacks under Step 3 and get started. To become Indistractable, you’d have to follow my Indistractable model: No app or hack is so magical as to instantly morph you into a super-productive, always-focused person. I uncovered these productivity fixes while researching how to combat distraction and increase productivity for my book Indistractable, and I’ve relied on them ever since.įrom adjustments to your phone, desktop, email, and more, these productivity hacks all take less than 30 minutes to complete, and they’ll help you thwart those external triggers that are usually the culprit for your struggle with distraction.Ī caveat: Becoming more productive isn’t as simple as finding the “perfect” productivity apps or hacks.
Got a few minutes? Then why not use them to implement these quick fixes that cut distraction and aid productivity? They’re part of the secret of becoming Indistractable.
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