The ‘New Productivity’: Getting Things Done When We’re All Bloody Knackered
3 valuable mindset shifts to aid productivity in the age of exhaustion
Last year, I was a productivity queen. I wrote an article based on Hal Elrod’s concept of the ‘Miracle Morning’, where I adapted the acronym to make it more fun – ending up with ‘MARVELLOUS Morning’.
M for Meditation. A for Acknowledge (how I feel, who I love). R for Reading, or Reflection. It goes on.
Do the thing, tick the box, feel good. Simple, right?
Well, yes – and no.
In the yes column: there are many benefits to this approach (I still back myself for creating it). I like having a target. I like making it fun. I still like a to do list (in principle). It’s good to have a framework for feeling good.
But – two things happened at the end of 2021 that made me reconsider how I think about my Marvellous Morning routine and the concept of ‘routines’ altogether:
- Thing #1: I realised that I really, really suck at sticking to routines and decided I’m sick of beating myself up about that fact. It’s exhausting.
- Thing #2: I caught Covid, which turned into Long Covid, and my energy levels & health are now a) really poor and b)…
