In modern life where there's an ever present pressure to increase efficiency and be more productive, the demands on our time don't seem to diminish. A response to this might is to want to rebel and completely switch off, but this doesn't get us closer to getting our work done, and can affect the quality of our downtime.
What's effective for each of us in terms of tackling procrastination or minimizing how often it prevents us from acting on our to-do list will vary depending on personality. But there are a few different things that I've tried in the past and found helpful, so perhaps some of them will work for you too.
Some of us have just come out of a period of isolation as a result of corona virus. Whilst others have gone back into or are about to go back into isolation. Naturally this can be a cause for real concern, and for those of us that revel in being social, the thought of isolation can be even more disconcerting.
So what's with all the fuss about 'mindfulness'? What does it even mean and why should we care? Well, mindfulness is really just a catch-all term to describe relief from worry and stress. Our minds naturally can't help but keep busy all the time, even when there is little environmental stimulation, think lying awake in bed at night unable to get to sleep.
We're constantly fed messages in today's world that we need to be pushing ourselves beyond the comfortable and familiar if we truly want to be successful and fulfill all our dreams. But is being comfortable really that bad for us?
