My Productivity Schedule: A Preview

Two successful days of productivity, so here's a small preview of my productivity schedule. This may seem like a lot, but this is only a summary. I plan on writing more on this later.

CAVEAT: This is a work schedule I have worked out for myself through thinking, research, self-help books, and trial and error. I think every person would have a unique way of working optimally, and thus should feel free to make their own schedule in their own way. Quick spoiler: you need to know why you are doing each step of your schedule.

• It starts with three time slots: one for ongoing project work, one for chores, and one for learning something new.
• The ongoing project work is a single project where I do a little bit of work towards a larger goal every day. In the past I haven't had time / energy / willpower to finish much of anything.
• I want a healthy living environment, so doing at least one chore a day is important.
• Learning something new is something you should do as much as possible. I'm focusing on learning guitar, which is something I tried before but dropped.
• Once those three things are done (and not before!), I have a couple of time slots for research and fun work.
• Research allows me to take a deeper dive into any subject of interest. In the past, I only did dives into topics for about 10 minutes. Now, I want to dive at least somewhat deeper, maybe 15-20 minutes.
• I have a time slot for whatever work I choose, whether it's continuation of existing work or something new I want to try. I'm using that slot now to write this!
• I reward myself between time slots with watching videos, coffee, meals, and anything else I feel like doing EXCEPT video games.
• The reason for no video games is that I believe it actually simulates the same kind of work done in finishing a larger project, and I want to focus more of that energy on actual projects than video game accomplishments.

I'd like to do a full write-up on this later, where I go into more details as to how I arrived at this schedule, and specify reasons for each, so that others can benefit from the resources I have pulled from.