For the past 4 years I have endured long commutes due to the fact that I live out in the middle of small town Texas. Pretty much everywhere I go it takes at least half an hour to get there without traffic. With traffic, forget about it. Recently, I have added one more place to go and I believe this is the longest commute yet. It gets quite boring in the car by yourself. Because of this I’m always looking for new music to listen to and when that gets boring I tend to “radio hop” from station to station. Eventually, all the stations end up on commercials at the same time.
If you’re in the same mental traffic jam that I am, here are a couple of ways to entertain yourself and also increase productivity during your commute! Win win!
Your emotions are connected to everything. To your social life, to your family life, and also your work life. People have come up with this idea that work is suppose to be professional and for that reason it should be void of emotion. But it’s super linked. Your emotions are tied to work in a way that when you’re doing well, your work is doing well, and when you’re not so great, your work suffers.
Here are a couple of way that emotional well-being impact you work life.
Have you ever found out that something you thought was true, was actually false? Those ‘my whole life is a lie’ moments can happen to anyone and it’s particularly frustrating when the real answer actually makes complete sense and you can’t figure out why you ever believed the other thing in the first place. I have had moments like that, specifically with the topic of productivity.
Here are some productivity myths that you should stop believing.
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Ah perfectionism. Perfectionism is like chocolate cake. It looks good, it tastes good, but essentially, it’s bad for you. Don’t get me wrong. It IS good to do you’re very best and desire for it to be perfect. But too much of anything is bad for you right? Just like chocolate cake.
The definition of perfectionism is, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a disposition to regard anything short of perfection as unacceptable. It sounds like a great concept until it’s taken literally. Here’s a disclaimer for life: nothing will ever be truly perfect. Just yesterday I was re-reading a piece that I’d written and found about 5 errors. And that was after I’d already edited it a couple of times. So, what does that mean for perfectionists. It means they have a dilemma.
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I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: I come up with the greatest ideas…at the worst times. Yesterday, I was driving home and blasting music when the best blog post idea dropped into my head. Obviously, I couldn’t just reach over and write it down in a notebook because I was DRIVING. I get so mad at my brain sometimes. I couldn’t help it though, I knew I’d forget it by the time I got home, so I reached over and recorded the idea into my phone.
I asked myself later why I can’t seem to come up with great ideas when I’m actually brainstorming?? I researched it and came up with these 3 tips for making your brainstorming session as productive as when you’re sitting in your car blasting Paramore.
Grab an umbrella because it’s about to start raining ideas. <— (Yes, I know. Cheesiest joke ever.)