Focus during lockdown can be hard to come by given the huge mental stress. Here are some neat tricks to maintain a razor sharp focus during lockdown.
A pandemic that curtails your freedom to move about, mingle with friends, socialize with people can be quite frustrating. The frustration build up can cause a loss of focus on tasks that need to be accomplished. What can you do to not lose focus during these COVID times? How do you keep razor sharp focus during lockdown?
Here are some things to help you keep razor sharp focus during lockdown.
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1. Focus on the Positives
While the negatives can be a long list, it helps to focus on the positives. Be grateful that you have a roof on your head. Be grateful that your next meal is not a question mark. Look at the lockdown as a time that is a God send for you to complete long pending tasks on your to-do list.
More time to yourself
The lockdown has definitely put more time at your disposal. How you utilize the time is up to you. Do not let go of this ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to get going on some of you long awaiting projects.
- Spend quality time with your family. Keep aside an hour or two to spend on a dedicated basis daily with your kids.
- Talk to your neighbours. Enquire about their well being. Take up joint projects if possible.
Less distractions
The lockdown also has blessed you with less distractions. No hurriedly called meetings to attend. No pressure to multi-task. No nagging boss or the irritating colleague who keeps popping into your cubicle.
Less distractions also means a chance to be more productive at what you do. Work on projects for dedicated 30-40 minute slots to get the immense satisfaction of having completed something substantial and worthy of mention.
2. Prioritize tasks
Planning is a key task. Keep aside 10 minutes each day to plan your day. Jot down your plan in the form of a to-do list or a note that acts as your beacon for the rest of the day. Try not to stray from it as much as possible. This simple 10 minute exercise will get you the much needed focus during lockdown.
Make a list of tasks
Make a bucket list of tasks. It could be both personal and official. Prioritise them ruthlessly using the framework below. Follow your prioritization to the tee. That will enable you to complete tasks in a giffy.
3. Supplement your lifestyle
The extra time you have at your disposal to focus during the lockdown can be used to perform supplementary tasks like meditation, yoga or plain exercises that will add another dimension to your personality. They also help you focus effectively on tasks
- Focus on eating Healthy
- Spend time on reflection
- Talk to long lost friends and relatives.
- Take up yoga, meditation, etc
4. Immerse yourself in mini projects
The lockdown can be a time to get focus back on some of the projects you had been thinking for a long time but were never able to keep time aside for.
- Vegetable Terrace gardening
- Pet Grooming
- Picking up a new sport
- Give wings to a tech hobby like blogging, photography, podcasting, etc
- Use your DIY skills to enhance things around the house
- Take up an online course
PRO TIP to maintain FOCUS during LOCKDOWN: Install one of the several focus apps on your phone from the Apple store or Google Playstore. Use them whenever you want to stay focussed on the task you have picked up. This will enable you to keep your No 1 enemy the mobile phone from distracting you.
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