Learning how to organize your day to be more productive helps you to align with your overall goals and personal intention to help achieve all your desires.  

At Journal Collection, we are all about creating beautiful weekly planners and daily to-do lists to help you make the life of your dreams. However, the question is how do we increase our productivity?

1. Create a Daily Routine

The first step to organizing your day is to identify the tasks that must be done each day. This can be anything from writing a blog post, scheduling meetings, or even making coffee.

Once you've identified the tasks for the day, set aside time for each and prioritize them based on their importance. For example, if I have three things I need to do today: write an article; schedule a meeting with my boss; and make tea (because who doesn't love tea?), then I would put writing my essay first because it's important--it helps me grow as a writer and allows me to earn money so that I don't have to eat ramen every night!

2. Make a To-Do List

The first step to organizing your day is to list everything that needs to be done. This can be as simple as writing down everything in one of our JournalCollection To-Do List Planners, or if you prefer digital organization tools like Google Keep or Evernote, go ahead and use those!

Once you've got all your tasks written down, it's time for the fun part: breaking them down into smaller pieces. For example, if one task is "write an article about how to organize your day," break this down into its parts: research topic ideas; write an outline; draft article; edit article; publish article (and maybe even more steps). This helps reduce overwhelm by making each part seem more manageable--and also gives us an opportunity later on when we prioritize our tasks based on importance.

Now let's talk about prioritization! The most important thing here is knowing what matters most at any given time so we can focus on those things before moving on to other less urgent items later in our day/weekend/etc...

3. Schedule Breaks

Schedule regular breaks throughout the day.

Take a walk, meditate, or do some stretching. Use breaks to refresh and refocus.

4. Start the Day Early

• Get up early.

• Eat breakfast.

• Plan your day, and then do it!

5. Set Goals

Goals are a crucial element of any productivity plan. They keep you focused on the things that matter most and help you stay motivated when times get tough.

Set short-term and long-term goals, then break down larger goals into smaller, achievable tasks. Celebrate small wins and successes along the way by giving yourself rewards for reaching your milestones--but don't forget that these rewards should be tied directly back into what it is that makes them meaningful in the first place (e.g. if you need to exercise regularly, then treat yourself after each workout).

6. Plan for Interruptions

You can't plan for every interruption, but you should schedule some buffer time so you're not caught off guard when one occurs if your boss wants to talk about something that isn't urgent and doesn't require immediate attention, tell them that you'll get back to them later and then move on with your day.

When an interruption occurs, remain focused on the task at hand--wait to get distracted by other thoughts or tasks until after the current one is complete.

7. Minimize Distractions

• Turn off notifications from your phone and email.

• Work in a quiet space free from distractions.

• Set a timer to keep yourself on task, or use an app like FocusTime (iOS) or Forest (Android).

8. Review Your Progress

At the end of each day, take time to reflect on your progress. This can be as simple as writing down three things you did that day that went well and three things you could have done better.

Celebrating successes and identifying improvement areas to continue improving our products over time is important.

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