07/22/2020

How to Stay Productive When the World Is on Fire

It feels impossible to get anything done right now but it can be done

Between a global pandemic keeping many of us at home and a constant stream of videos of police brutality, political corruption and Twitter hacks, it’s pretty difficult to stay focused on any one thing. It feels like the world is burning, and yet somehow we’re all expected to keep doing our jobs, keep showing up every day and keep everything together.

First of all, you’re doing a great job—I’m proud of you. Second, if you need a little help keeping it together, let me see what I can do.

Some of these tips will focus on people with access to technology while they work—those of us who work in front of screens all day also have access to a tool to offload our brains a bit and remind us when we need to do a thing, like take a break or get a glass of water. But even if that thing is just a phone in your pocket or a timer on your watch, there’s a lot of things you can do to try and both accomplish your goals and care for your personal well-being.

Please select this link to read the complete article from WIRED.