Motivation can only get you started. It is habits that keep you going. What you need is a routine in your life. Most of us don’t have any schedule for doing the things we want to do. So we randomly pick up anything anytime and then we bore ourselves to death. It so happens that you have important unfinished tasks which need your attention but which you’re not doing because there is no time because you never made time for those tasks.
Here is what you need:
1. MAKE TWO LISTS.
On the first list, write down all your goals, pending tasks, things you want to do/ accomplish. On the second list, take inventory of how you’re spending your time everyday for one full week. Do not push yourself this first week. Just observe yourself as to how you run & keep recording on your 2nd list how you spend your time every hour for this one week.
2. MAKE A SCHEDULE.
Now put both the above lists together and see where your time is going and how much of your time is actually spent on things you wrote on list 1. Then, divide your days into time-slots. Say, work, workout, morning, evening, before bed, etc. All these are slots in a day that you will fill with activities of 1st list. Make sure to keep one day a week for leisure/ rest/ rejuvenating yourself, because the idea is to hustle hard on rest of the six days so that you can achieve more and get things done. Use a reminder app on your smartphone and schedule time for everything from sleeping to taking bath, evening walks, workouts, and everything else you do. Make sure you have a specific time for everything so that everyday, you know what you’re going to do every hour. Also take time out once a week to pre plan your week, preferably Sunday. Spend 2-3 hours planning your week every Sunday. Inform your friends and family members when you’ll be available for them and that they should not disturb you any other time unless it is a super emergency.
Claim your time. Claim your life.
Good luck!
P.S. Always modify your schedule as and when required. Nothing is permanent and when you’ll see great results from the above methods, you’ll want to get ultra productive and customize your schedule for optimum results.