A sure way to slow down your work and feel like there’s never enough time in the day is by being constantly distracted.
If you’re serious about creating more time for what actually matters to you, try any or all of these time-creating strategies that destroy distractions:
- Put your phone on airplane mode.
- Work behind a closed door – not out in the open.
- Log out of all social media.
- Work on just one item, not two, not three, not four or more.
- Log out of your email.
- Wear headphones. (Try (1) noise-cancelling headphones or (2) playing white noise or non-distracting instrumental music.)
- Turn clocks around and cover up the clock on your computer.
- Announce to colleagues, personal assistants, family members, roommates – anyone who is near you – that you are taking 30 minutes of time that cannot be interrupted.
Experiment with one or more of these ideas until you find the perfect combination that makes more time in your day.
Practice behind a locked door. Put your phone in airplane mode when you practice. (Your metronome, tuner, and music player apps will still work.) Do whatever you can to avoid distractions.
