Name: The Japanese Secret To Productivity - A Day In My Side Hustle Life
Uploaded: 2022-03-23T17:55:05.000Z
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Past simple

So the japanese created a system called Ichigo Zama.

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So sam I comes from the zen master soon do Suzuki been aware of my time, so now I know it's probably gonna take about an hour and a half to two hours.

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So I'm working on my productivity skills and this is something that takes a long time to master if you're new to it and you just have been struggling for such a long time like me, I honestly just needed something that would help me out.

So I discovered something pretty intriguing when it comes to being productive and it has to do with an ancient Japanese technique that has been used by Japanese zen monk in the past and has been implemented in so many books like if you've ever read the four hour workweek and all sorts of other self help book, I'd like to give you some solutions on how to accomplish this easily.

So we're just going to jump right into the video and I'm going to be talking about my day and talking to the camera throughout the day, this is going to be a day in my life type video and throughout the video I'm going to discuss what I've discovered and what you can do to heighten your productivity skills and levels.

Alright, so let's begin my productive day in the life.

So the first thing that I do is do my gratitude journal.

I love it so much and then I do a visualization exercise.

Some days I don't, some days I just do meditation and then I go into a yoga practice or workout today.

I mean who doesn't love to practice with her Also, I need a haircut.

I do about 15 to 20 minutes of exercise in the morning because of my gut health.

I try not to do too much vigorous exercise and then I made myself some breakfast.

I usually don't eat bread in the morning, but the other day I found some sour dough bread.

So I decided to go ahead and eat that today just as a treat for myself with some banana greek, yogurt and a orange and then I have some organic coffee in the morning.

So I enjoy eating while watching some youtube videos and checking my email and then I answer some comments.

This is the time where I use social media.

I don't use it the first thing when I wake up I try to reply to all of your comments on my videos and everything and if I don't, I apologize, there's just so many and then I go upstairs and I take a shower and get ready for the day.

It could not, but most days are like this, I'm listening to a podcast.

Some days I don't just depends on how I feel.

I then try to rearrange my schedule and check my email.

I think this is the time I actually check my email and answer them.

So after that I'm getting ready to go to the grocery store, I go once or twice a week now.

Mhm So have you ever started doing something and then you remembered that you had to do something else?

So you drop what you're doing at that moment and you go and do that other thing and then nothing gets done.

Well there's a trick to stop that and slowing it down and the japanese have got that solution.

So the japanese created a system called rigel zam.

My so wholesome my comes from the zen master Sun, yu Suzuki.

This is in his book called beginner's mind.

So if you ever read that book, it's very good.

I highly recommend Ichigo sam my is basically focusing on one thing at a time.

I know it sounds so simple but let me explain so imagine what it would be like to start one task and finish it.

It's a very foreign concept to some people because we're so used to doing so many things in multitasking all the time.

We don't take the time to really focus on what we're doing.

So I'm going to show you the steps that I take to practice and I'll explain what it is along the way.

So number one is to start your day with a to do list of all the tasks that you need to complete, your, going to number them in order of importance, visualize which tasks are going to make you feel like you had a successful day.

So in my task program I usually have a daily vision, what am I going to complete for that day?

Going to make me feel like I've accomplished something and then in my to do or task, I put them in the order of priority.

Now that doesn't mean that going to the grocery store is not a priority.

It's something that I do need to get done during that day but it's not going to make me feel like I successfully did something productive so that is not the focus, the focus is to put your top priority on the top of the list and in your daily vision section.

Okay, so this is my task list at the top is my Today list and that's where I put my itchy goes on my the most important things that are going to make me feel successful during this day.

So today the three things are write a blog post, I'm going to create a worksheet for the productivity video that you're watching now and then I'm going to study japanese because I have been putting it off for a long time.

So these are the three things that are going to make my day feel successful and then the bottom part, the upcoming part is where I put all of my other activities and for example going to the grocery store.

So everything in the upcoming part is going to be in the order that I do them today.

So after you prioritize your top three things that are going to make you feel like you had a successful day put how long these tasks are going to take, you, you'll be amazed at how much you can get done in an hour.

You must try your best to get the top three done that day.

You don't need to do them first, but if your day is close to ending, it might be best to move some less urgent task to the next day.

Also another tip, I try to get the shorter tasks done first.

So the next thing I'm going to do is put how long each task is most likely going to take to complete.

Just be aware of how long each task takes, especially if it's repetitive.

That's why it's good to practice this for a week and just write down how long each specific task task actually takes.

But I put that for everything that I have on my list.

Um the top part is literally just all of the stuff that I want to get done today to make me feel successful.

So that doesn't have to be in a specific order.

You can, if you want everything in my upcoming list can be moved to another day if I can't complete them.

So it's something that I don't worry about.

This program is called Asana Bottrell Oh also works very well too.

Another thing I'd like to express is you can do this on traditional pen and paper, you do not have to use any program.

So I'm doing one of the tests that are on my upcoming list but I have to get this done because I don't have any food in the house.

They have hand sanitizer at this grocery store which is amazing.

I usually try to shop as fast as possible because I don't want to be touching everything and I don't want to be, you know around people because of the quarantine time and this time a day in the morning is great to come because there's less people.

So I stocked up and we are standing six ft apart waiting.

And then I pack everything by myself and I lug all of this home.

I take my bike out of parking and then I ride back.

But that's basically how I get my workouts during the day.

So I'm back from the grocery store today for lunch.

I'm having this salad and I'm kind of like doing a makeshift lunch and some leftovers.

So I have some broccoli and kimchi salmon mushrooms, sort of dish and the potatoes.

And then I also have some sushi because it looked so good.

So just small, little sushi rolls and together there's lots of vegetables and some rice and things like that.

But um, like I said, I'm not really on a protocol right now.

There's a lot of things that were out of stock today.

And yeah, this is my little makeshift lunch for today when you make your task list and how long it's going to take, make sure you write down every little thing including eating lunch, washing dishes using social media throughout the day, Everything counts.

This is me ready to study for japanese and we're going to go into the next step.

My lips look non existent because I don't have any lipstick on.

So next I'm going to be studying Japanese for about 45 minutes and then I'm going to move on to something else.

Next you're going to set a timer for yourself.

The timer that I use is actually so useful.

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