Am I the only one who thinks that notion is overrated or I just don't know how to use it effectively?

So, for 5/6 years I've been searching for productivity habits to help me focus, as I have ADHD and I'm lazy as hell, but I have to be productive as well because I have a 9-5 job, then I do acting classes and I study online.

So, after all these years, I've came to the conclusion that to be productive, you don't need to be all day working, but the opposite. If you can automate things, do it.

I use Power Automate to automate repetitive tasks in the computer (the Desktop version is free and code-free, user-friendly) I use a cooking robot to cook my meals (or I did subscription meals before but now with this I'm spending way less money on food).

And while these programs are automated, I can relax and actually do less and be more productive.

Isn't this how habits work? You automate tasks to be more productive and don't spend that much thinking but acting automatically.

Stop saying 'later'—because later never really comes.

Are you going to go back and revisit every note on your phone or watch every video in your YouTube ‘watch later’ list? Probably not.

There never will be a perfect time to act on that idea, watch that video, or start that book. Stop waiting for opportunities and start creating them instead.

Of course, there will be circumstances where you cannot act immediately, but more often than not, that is not the case. If you can do something, do it.

Deferring tasks may work for some. If that is you, take what you can from this post and leave the rest. However, for the vast majority, later means never.

Creating lists of things you want to do only adds clutter. Either do it or don't.

I’m just wondering what’s the biggest change you made or step you took that increased your productivity. I’m also starting my productivity journey and I realized I have a few obstacles I have to deal with before. Like pushing through the discomfort of not having distractions, decluttering, and overcoming perfectionism.

What small or big change helped your productivity that people may not realize is important?

So in your personal opinion, who truly gives the best advice about Productivity on YouTube?

Who is the worst? And who is actually milking it for the business and could care less about it in reality?

Who do you think is overrated or underrated?

I'm 25, and I have to wait a year until I transfer to my next college (I missed deadlines). Meanwhile, my mind genuinely is tired of streaming shows and movies all day (to a point where I end up questioning "why can't I create this? or "Why can't I live this life?"), and while I'm kinda saddened by this, I still take it as a sign that I need to use my time wisely. I think until I feel the need again, I want to use my time to be more creative. I want to focus more on not just progressing my outside life, (when I'm not working of course), but also to focus more on creating stuff, probably for now, content for YT. I already know other things I can do like cooking, or even plushie making. When it comes to actual media consumption, I'd rather turn to books and video games (for social purposes, I thought about getting into online gaming.). Maybe even watch a little bit of YT videos, at least until I get those same thoughts when watching movies again. I'd say this is only temporary until I'm satisfied enough with my life to have those feelings go away, and I do think actually creating things will help me with that.

I also do feel that I need to improve my social life, even though I do feel I have enough friends to talk to right now, some I'm even making plans with already, but I do fear it may not be enough.

I'll admit, I'm a little iffy on this, only because I'm trying to limit a side of my life that has taken up most of my time tor YEARS. So I'm here to ask for advice on how to get through this, or at least how to deal with burnout moments if I don't feel like doing anything, or if I feel the need to stream content again despite my mind not feeling like it. Like all I discuss with friends is movie and content and this is what I fear is the only way I connect with people and yet, I've seen enough films and TV to last MONTHS if not years of conversations, so I think I'm good for now. I do kinda fear I'll "always" need to be doing something instead of relaxing.

We all deal with a flood of emails—what’s the biggest pain point for you? Is it too many notifications, a cluttered inbox, or something else? I'd love to hear what slows you down the most.

(This will help us build a truly useful email app)

I need some useful apps thats help me become more productive and do more works

So everyone write the apps that he's using for work and study

Are there any apps that let you learn stuff but just casually, like you scroll and you find random facts about whatever, be it science, technology, arts, literature, anything really. Some might say just random facts others could face a topic a bit more thoroughly but still nothing serious.

After using canva for notetaking for about 3 hours give or take, its quite solid! Text writing, hand writing, math equations, free syncing across devices, the whole thing!!

So I have a fixed weekly class schedule, and i set repeated events on google calendar. However, sometimes, there are just holidays and we don't need to go the classess. I want to record what I was doing at the time, but I also don't want to delete the repeated events and set it up again later. Is there a way like I can pause the repeated events such as Writing on every Monday morning temporarily? Thanks

Hi All

Ive been wanting to find an app that can do this, its really a simple requirement but i just havent found anything that can accomplish this.

What i want is a single app where i can add reminders. Sometimes these reminders have actual due dates or actual hard deadlines (even time) and other times its really just a task that has to get done by X date but I need a daily reminder that i can snooze or hit "remind me tomorrow" or "remind me in x hours"

The key part of this is that I need reliable notifications, either push to my phone, or even email me or text me, really anything at all works.

most reminder apps want a hard deadline and specify when to remind you, like (4 hours before) or (1 day before).

But i want to be able to specify something more like" remind me every day at 9 am until its done" and then let me snooze as well to remind me in a few hours if i want once it does notify me.

Preferrably also put a priority on it to let it decide which task should be sent as a reminder first on a daily basis, or how often to remind me based on priority. The actual task itself doesnt need to be complex, I dont need a huge page to type details or anything, its usually one line tasks, its really the reminder logic that I have not been able to find a solution for.

Does anyone know of anything that can do this?

I tried notion recently but that thing is just waaaaay too complex in terms of what you can do with it.

I'm in my final year before graduation and only need to complete an internship to finish. But I still have backlog projects from last year, and I can't start the internship until they're done.

I’ve spent the last six months trying to finish these projects, but I’ve made no progress. I even tried physically going to campus to avoid distractions at home, but it hasn’t helped. My mind keeps drifting to side projects and ideas I’m excited about, leaving the important school tasks untouched. Even stripping myself from the possibility of working on them, I'm still working on them in my mind.

The problem is, I can't seem to focus on the important school project. Whenever I try to work on it, my thoughts shift to other projects or even just total random things like how satellites manage to stay in orbit for years. I’ve tried everything: working in small intervals, writing down ideas, time blocking, taking breaks, but nothing sticks.

The worst part is I constantly feel like I’m running out of time. I get anxious because I don’t have enough time to work on my side projects or hobbies, and the stress just keeps building. When I do get hyperfocused, it's usually on side projects, not the main one. I can't stick to any schedule I set. I’ll feel motivated at completely random times, even for unfavorable tasks like organizing my desk, but never for the project that matters most.

Any advice on how to push through, focus, and manage time when your brain constantly craves other distractions or wanders around?

TL;DR: Can’t focus on school project, mind keeps jumping to side projects or random thoughts. Need advice to stay on track.

Okay, hear me out.

Productivity is not inherently bad, but today’s obsession with over-optimization can be.

It is as if productivity optimization has become a task in itself, detracting from the original purpose of being productive.

For example, say you have a list of tasks to complete in five hours. If you spend an hour configuring a Notion to-do list with a task prioritization system and built-in Pomodoro timer, you have just spent one-fifth of your available time, not even doing the work.

The most productive thing you can do is what needs to be done. No amount of preparation or environmental optimization will change that.

Keep it simple, and focus on what matters.

My Laptop is my main Workbase and I can’t change that. The Problem is, that I use it for twitch / YT / Twitter because of the Adblock Feature / Convenience. How can someone make his Mac his ONLY Study Device with little to no distractions?

Hi all

I'd like to know if there's a way round a google calendar feature that I find pretty annoying. I create events in my calendar like this (on pc):

-Click day

-Add title and time (in title)

-Click more options

-I set email/notification reminders

-Click save

This works well to auto populate the times of an event from the title I wrote, but the times in the title disappear., so I often write them again.

Eg. I write "Meeting 2pm-3pm" and click more options. The title changes to just "Meeting", and the time section is populated to 2pm - 3pm.

I would prefer it if the times stay in the title - is there a way to prevent them disappearing?

I am currently working two part time jobs and I have a couple hobbies I’m trying to balance. If important: gym, martial arts, Spanish, and Japanese.

I have really no trouble being consistent with my physical hobbies during the weekdays. The thing I run into trouble with is the days from Friday to Sunday. I often find on the weekend (where I have work from 11-3) I don’t really work on those hobbies. Not from a lack of not wanting to but I just find myself super drained or already doing things and socializing.

I’m not sure if I need to balance my expectations, like maybe just doing one hobby related activity per weekend day, or if I need to figure something out to be more consistent. Advice would be appreciated.

I generate a lot of mental ephemera: all of the random thoughts, ideas, things I want to do, to remember, to work on, to look at or use later or to watch / listen to read and so on. I'm aiming to create a list of categories for it.

Here's what I have so far:

• ToDo List : a simple list of things I want to get done and check off
• Reminders : Similar to above but to be done at an appointed time
• Notelets : All the random little snippets of ideas, phrases, thoughts etc that swing through my head that I don't want to lose
• Journal : Things I want to remember I did
• Links : Links to anything I want to look at later
• Media : Links like the above but also text reminders for books, films, music etc
• Projects : Still working on this one but probably some combination of todos, notelets and links grouped into projects
• Vault : Short list of stuff I want to keep handy, probably temporarily, like hotel wifi passwords.

Am I close to comprehensive here? What would you argue to drop from this list? Have I missed anything you think is essential? Also, what would you want to see in projects?

Seen a lot of apps which let you create folders etc but not seen any that can group actions into one central to do list?

2 years ago I used a website which I found to be very useful which was a daily linear timeline divided into 100 minute blocks, where you could assign something to do in each 100 minute block. It was very useful to track the passage of time as someone with ADHD. I'm more interested in the linear visualization of time it had than the 100 minute blocks tbh in case you wanna recommend something similar.

Hey people of Reddit. One of the biggest issues I have been facing when it comes to work is note taking. I spend around 3-4 hours of my day in meetings and I am the kind of person who hates taking notes because I want to stay engaged in my meetings and listen to the conversation.

Recently I switched jobs and my new company does not allow us to record our meetings :(

So I need to start taking notes now which I haven’t done in like 4 years.

How do you guys do it? How can I take notes while still being engaged in my meetings and especially the conversation?

Please & Thank you!!

I have ADHD and a bad habit of watching IG reels or YT shorts after waking from my alarm. I have a good routine around the "becoming awake" part, but bad habits around the "getting out of bed" part. I don't struggle to wake up, but I think I need something to stimulate me right after waking, before I get out of bed. I use the app Alarm Clock Xtreme, which works great for me. It has challenges I can do to turn it off, but only the math one works for me and it's not exactly what I need/want. I need something kinda fun, like some short games or something; something stimulating, but won't take up too much of my time. My alarm app also has a feature that it can open an app when I turn off my alarm, and I'd like to use it for this "wake up" app.

Any suggestions for apps like this, without paywall?

Edit: I am not looking for any other advice about my lifestyle or choices, I'm only looking for an app to replace doom-scrolling for now and work towards better choices from there. My alarm works fine, I've e tried old-school alarm clocks, I've tried leaving my phone in another room so I have to get up, it doesn't work for me. Please, only answers regarding my question, thank you. Any other advice is not wanted.

I’m looking for an app where I can add pictures/links to various things I would like to buy in the future. Basically like a personal registry/wish list/shopping situation. Almost like Pinterest but I add the photos? Basically a way that I can navigate everything I want and divide it all into categories (clothes, makeup, jewelry, decor). Would be cool if I could add prices and other tags. Does this exist?

I’ve gotten into a terrible rut. My business. My diet. My exercise. Pretty much all of it. Maybe 15 years ago, I really transformed things using the Tony Robbins program (Get the Edge) and got in great shape, and created some terrific stuff. Put up two websites and wrote a book too. I still have it and tried revisiting it, but it’s not having the effect it did back then.

I would love to hear any advice for best “how to” books, programs, apps to get back on track. Something that I could literally follow every day. I’m not big on apps but if they really worked for you, LMK. TIA.

I got the schedule but it appears under "Other calendars", not "MY calendars", so it doesn't appear in my email in the morning with the other items from My Calendar. How do I get it into "My Calendars"?