I notice that I will often say, “we should try to finish this song today,” and she will reply with, “we should try to finish this song AND finish that other one, AND write another one AND work on the website.” I usually just nod my head, but I know that if we finish one song, I will feel very happy. I am living/working with a good friend of mine right now and we have very different mindsets around this. I usually end up working on more than one project anyway, but there’s nothing like a small win early in the day to build momentum, and help you appreciate your dabbling time. One thing? Blasphemy! But the truth is that having low expectations is one of my biggest tricks for being prolific and making progress on multiple projects at once. If you finish more than one thing, that’s fantastic, but striving to accomplish too many tasks in one day will only leave you feeling anxious and unproductive.Ī lot of people are surprised when they hear me say that I aim for one thing per day. Set low expectations for yourselfĪgree that if you get a good chunk of work done on one of your projects, you will be done for the day. I usually listen to (lyric-less) music, but sometimes I’ll just put my earbuds in, particularly if the cafe is already playing loud music. This taught me that my body only needs to feel the earbuds in my ears to produce the same result and go into that trance. I hadn’t become distracted by the conversations around me. And yet, I had sat there for two hours, in a total trance, pumping out great work without even realizing that I had forgotten to turn on my music. Interesting observation: I say earbuds, not music because I noticed once when I was working that I had my earbuds in, but had forgotten to turn on my music. At this point, if I get some, or preferably all of these cues in place, I’m usually able to dive into a flow state fairly effortlessly. For example, my body associates flow with morning, tea, coffee shops, and earbuds. Once your brain has made the association, you can use these cues to signal to your body that it’s time to go into that hypnotic state. Things you do regularly around your work time. Create a set of cues that your body can associate with being in a flow state. To induce a flow state, you must have rituals. Create rituals and cues around your flow state Yet every time it ends, it’s like we are hit with a wooden 2×4 and then we forget how good it feels the next time we sit down to work. The world dissolves and you are focused on only what matters, unaware of the things like judgement, praise, the future, the past. We forget that when we are in a flow state, allowing our art to come through us, we feel alive and unstoppable. He fools us into believing that Hard Work is painful. Remind yourself that hard work actually feels good In this article I’ll share four techniques I use to induce a flow state very quickly when I need one.
It’s been difficult, and I’ve had to really revisit the most potent tools in my productivity toolbox. I am trying to write an album, revise a book, launch a few new projects, and see Los Angeles all at the same time.
This month that I’m spending in LA is really testing my ability to be prolific. How do you tackle everything you want to get done and still satisfy that curious mind that thrives and grows from wandering? Having so many projects on the go can be downright overwhelming and paralyzing. Productivity is one of the biggest challenges for multipotentialites.
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