Do you have the right app?
The little motivation boost you didn't know you needed this Thursday 😊
Hello,
I hope you are having a great week. I downloaded a new app to my phone recently. It had been a while since I downloaded an app and as it was downloading I started thinking back to a time when I thought I could find an app to solve pretty much any problem I had.
I could easily spend an hour (or more!) researching apps to do a certain task - a task that I most likely could have easily done with paper and pencil or in a spreadsheet. I would download a few apps to compare and contrast, spend time on each one to work out which suited the task the best. Then of course, once you have so many apps on your phone you need to spend time organising them and setting them up in the most efficient format.
Then in around 2015 I came to my senses and realised that defined process and positive habits was what I needed to be more productive and present. Don’t get me wrong there are many fantastic apps out there that save us time, help us keep organised and can keep us connected and I still use them. But all the apps in the world will not save you if you don’t have some well established habits to help keep you organised and on track.
When I am looking to set a new habit, change a routine or improve my productivity I no longer head straight for the app store. I think about processess, stacking habits and using what I already have. This applies beyond apps too. When looking to make a change we can spend so much time researching the “best way” to do it. In the end the best way do it, is to get started!
You can start without an app. You can start without a plan. You can start without a pretty template. Often these are just excuses coming up from a fear of starting. Starting means we have to do the work. Starting means we might fail. But in the words of Alfred Lord Tennyson:
It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried.
Have a great weekend and get out there and get started on the thing that has been on your list for weeks!
Nic
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