How To Complete Your Tasks 69% Faster

I used to do everything my phone:

• Chat via Teams

• Use social media

• Approve time cards

• Read on the Kindle app

• Reply to Slack messages

The issue is that I’d always get distracted during or after the task, and I’d end up wasting time on my phone.

Almost every digital experience has a mobile version these days.

This seems convenient, but there’s a huge downside:

Choosing to complete a task via your phone opens you up to a multitude of interruptions and distractions.

Not only does your phone constantly distract you by default, but it’s even more egregious when you’re trying to do something important.

Try reading a book on your phone—it won’t be long before a ding or a vibration kills your focus.

Having work or business tasks on your phone makes it so that your work is always with you.

Once I banished nearly all of my tasks to my PC, I didn’t need to use my phone as much.

As a result, I was able to avoid getting distracted as often.

Relegating most tasks to your computer is helpful because you can physically walk away from your work.

Is it that big of a deal?

Yes.

Here’s what happens when you do literally everything from your phone:

• You’re more likely to procrastinate and put off your work tasks because you can continue them from anywhere.

• Your work-related stress will follow you wherever you go. It’ll nag you at you, physically (vibrations) and audibly (notification sounds).

• When you actually attempt to complete certain tasks, you’ll be doing it on a device that is essentially a ticking timebomb of interruptions.

But what if you’re into that shit?

😈DEVIL’S ADVOCACY 😈

• “The convenience outweighs the stress.” (Long-term, it won’t. Stress harms your body.)

• “I’m too addicted to my phone to use anything else.” (Doing everything from your phone will increase your dependence on it even more, buddy.)

• “I only have a phone. I don’t have a laptop.” (Fair enough, although you could use a computer at the library, if you remember what those are.)

BUT WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

I’m glad you asked.

Mostly? Freedom:

• If you can separate your work tasks from your phone, you can liberate yourself from a lot of anxiety and stress.

• You can enjoy your time knowing that your phone isn’t going to nag you to do something “important.”

Okay, at this point, you’re hyped and ready to start moving most of your tasks from your phone to your PC…

But you’re wondering what the best way to do that is.

Don’t worry. I got you.

ACTION STEPS:

1. Take a good look at all the tasks you “need” to do, and see if they can be done on a computer. Seriously, check them all. You’d be surprised at how many apps have desktop versions.

2. For each task that can be done on your computer, delete the corresponding app from your phone.

3. Create a folder of bookmarks for the desktop versions of these tasks.

4. Whenever possible, opt to complete those tasks on a computer.

5. Once you get used to using your computer to get work done, your phone will cease to be a source of anxiety (for work-related matters, anyway).

Okay, bye!