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Amish Shah

I use a reminder app 'Alarmed' to remind and nag me to do household and personal work like paying bills, getting groceries, online shopping, etc. This lets me focus on office work without much anxiety. For office work, I use completely different editor (than the ones used for coding) to write meeting notes, reminder for follow ups, etc. I sometimes prefer to write todos on paper. It is oddly satisfying to cross the todo item that are completed with a pen. 😁

I try to ensure that I give my 100% in whatever I do - office or household work. If I am involved in doing what I think is the right thing to do, I never have to think about productivity. If I see myself slacking or unable to focus, I give myself a short break to relax. I go for a walk or check social media. But in my opinion, the difficult part is to have that awareness to see that I am slacking and to realize that a break should actually be short. To raise that awareness and have a process oriented approach, practicing daily meditation has helped me a lot.

Hope this helps😊🙏