Parkinson's Law
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Want to see some magic?
Turn off your computer tonight at 6:00pm and see how much more work you get done tomorrow.
There's an economic theory called "The Parkinson's Law", not to be confused with Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's law states that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
What this means is, if you give yourself a week to complete a task that only needs one day, you will spend that entire week on activities related to that task such as stressing, brooding and procrastinating. That sucks up so much unnecessary energy.
The next time you are feeling stressed about things you have to do, do this instead:
Make a list of the tasks you need to get done.
Write down next to each task how long you think it is going to take and then don't give it a minute more.
I recently did this myself. I hesitantly committed to shutting my computer off at 5:00pm and not opening it again until the following day.
I was sure I’d be behind the next day, but instead, I found that in the time I gave myself to work during the day, not only was I more productive, not only did my business actually grow, but the time at night that I had was now free. I felt free to just enjoy the things I was doing and the people that I was with and I guarantee you can do that too.
Give yourself a certain amount of time to get something done and stick to it, because you can do it.
If you are interested in Parkinson's Disease, also do this: head over to https://www.michaeljfox.org and be a part of the group of people who are working towards finding a cure for Parkinson's disease which affects 10 million people worldwide.
Even though it will only take you five minutes, I bet if you give yourself three, you will still get it done.