This tiny ChatGPT characteristic helps me deal with my days extra productively
Setting the stage for a profitable day
As a contract author, I’m blessed with work-life autonomy. Nobody expects me to clock in at a sure time each morning, nor am I anticipated to be on the clock all through the day. I write largely what I would like, largely after I need, and so long as I get the work accomplished inside a affordable time-frame, I receives a commission for it. That fits me very, very nicely.
And like most unbiased contractors, that leaves me on the mercy of my very own self-motivation and skill to pay attention. I’ve lengthy struggled with procrastination, although, and that’s why I liked scheduled duties. My scatterbrain model someway adores routine—if I can sink into one, I discover it arduous to cease. Scheduled duties assist me sink into routine.
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For instance, I battle to simply get began day by day. With no arduous schedule to stay to, it’s straightforward to let the work day slip away from me. What begins as a 9 AM morning turns into 9:30 AM begin after a fast college dropoff, then 10 AM after a fast scroll of Reddit, then 10:30 AM after a fast canine stroll, then 11 AM… you get the concept.
So my first foray into ChatGPT being my digital assistant was to ascertain a robust begin to my days. I now have a day by day 10:30 AM reminder: “In case you haven’t began but, it’s time to.” I ought to most likely transfer that earlier, however I do know myself—if it’s too aggressive, I’ll simply ignore it. Higher for it to be a final resort nudge than an obnoxious provoker.
The outcomes up to now have been blended. If I haven’t began work and I see the e-mail come via, or the notification pops up throughout the app, it’s normally sufficient of a kick within the rear to place down no matter I’m distracted by. And the slight variations within the reminder messages make them tougher to disregard than customary alarms and calendar occasions. However I’ll be trustworthy: typically I simply don’t care what ChatGPT desires me to do and like to maintain losing my time. Different days I’m already working when the alert comes via, to which I really feel a bit smug. Eat that, ChatGPT.
