170413 // My Updated Morning Routine Page Gives Me Better Time Management And Productivity

170413 // my updated morning routine page 😊 gives me better time management and productivity 🤗

I’m sure we all know how tricky time management and productivity can be, and also how crucial it is to be good at it, to succeed. So, I’d like to share a strategy of effectively managing all of those tasks you have at hand! 

Introducing Dwight Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States. He lived a super productive life, and during his presidency he implemented many transformational programs including NASA and the Atomic Energy act. Before then, he was a 5 star general in the US army, serving as the supreme commander, he was also the president of Columbia University… I could go on. 

My point is, he did all of this while still having time for personal interests and hobbies like painting and golfing. He was amazing at time management, and his most famous method of handling tasks, is called the Eisenhower Matrix. 

It’s a method of prioritising and sorting out your to-dos based on urgency and importance.  

It is super helpful is making us question what is important and actually necessary to do. I think that we often fill up our time with tasks that do not help us in reaching our core goals, and this method helps us narrow down our todos, saving us from wasting time, energy, and resources.

The 2nd and 3rd quadrant (not urgent important, urgent-not important) is what really minimises our productivity, if not properly managed and scheduled

I personally think its a fairly good way of understanding all that you have to do, what you should do first, and how you can deal with the rest. You don’t have to necessarily plan everything out this way, but its a good mindset to adopt when managing your workload. 

I’m so so awful at being concise (I’m so sorry for the long post!!) But I help this has helped you guys. Hopefully I’m going to post a printable of the matrix in the near future, so keep an eye out for that :)

What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important. -Dwight Eisenhower

only two exams left!! and they’re both mechanics which I love soooo

me: *is one day into summer break*

me: k so when can i go get my school supplies for next year

Getting a Psychology Degree (When you don’t want to be a counselor):

Every time I tell people that I am pursuing a degree in psychology, their response is immediately “Oh, so you want to be a counselor?”

No- I don’t. I love the work that counselors do for society, but I can never see myself being one. The thought of working in hour settings in a small office does not provide me the same joy that it provides other scholars in my program.

The problem is that I’m not positive what career path I am going to take. I thought I wanted to get a Masters in Sports Psychology and work as an athletic consultant for a college or professional team. Sports Psychology is a field I am heavily interested in, and I found a few Masters programs that spiked my interest.

But then I took my first Psych Statistics course and was baffled by how quickly I fell in love. In high school I hated math, but for some reason I absorbed the class content quickly and ENJOYED analyzing psychological experiments in conjunction with the scientific method. I was even offered a paid research position because of my newfound passion for statistics and psychology. The professor also told me that I should look into going straight into a PhD program. She feels I would be a very good fit for academia.

Suddenly, I don’t know what I want to do anymore. As much as I want to pursue my degree in Sports Psychology, I was only pleased with one of the doctoral programs I researched. There are better PhD programs for general Psychology or Mental Health tracks, but I still am passionate about Sports Psychology. Furthermore, my passion for utilizing the experimental method is having me question if I want to do research in Psychology instead.

What do you all think?

stationery asks!

ask me anything! (i tried to relate the asks to the stationery somehow? idk tbh?)

muji pens: what are your favorite stationery?

pilot juice pens: what is your favorite drink?

mildliners: what is your favorite color(s)?

tombow dual brush pens: do you like to draw?

moleskine: what are your dreams, goals, and/or ambitions?

hi-polymer eraser: what is something you regret?

sharpie highlighters: what is your brightest moment?

post-it sticky notes: what is something you’d like to remember?

papermate flaire pens: how would you describe your handwriting? 

bic mechanical pencils: do you consider yourself to be a gentle person?

papermate inkjoy pens: do you have feelings for anyone?

sharpie fineliners: what kind of pens do you prefer? 

bic correction tape: what is your biggest mistake/embarrassment?

staedtler triplus fineliners AND stabilo fineliners: what/who makes you a better person?

or make up your own! send me an ask with your favorite stationery and a question attached to it!