you're not alone according to a recent

thrive global study seventy-five percent

of us are feeling less productive or

feeling overwhelmed and working from

home is not helping it's full of

distractions whether they're kids or

dogs or sounds anybody interrupting us

your sleep is probably suffered it's

tough to make progress when you are just

feeling so chaotic and isolated but in

trying times like these here's what you

can do to feel more productive so

redefine what productivity looks like

and you know despite your best efforts

it might be really tough to feel

productive these days living and working

in this coronavirus environment means

finding new ways of defining redefining

productivity and measuring your success

that might mean that you get through

zoom call with out your dog interrupting

you or that you successfully reconnect

with your team members just to check in

and see how they're doing take a break

to get a perspective research tells us

that we do need to step away and can't

be constantly working when we can press

the reset button by pulling away and

pausing that allows us to access the one

thing that we can control which is our

perspective remember to cut yourself in

your brain some slack so during periods

of ongoing stress our brain is actually

wired to kind of shut down that logical

thought process and move into reactive

mode which is never a great idea so just

be kind to yourself remember it's your

neurobiology be kind yourself and give

yourself a break distinguish between

being busy and being productive you know

when we're all caught up on zoom' calls

and our days are filled with to dues

we're definitely busy and it's easy to

feel like there's too much going on but

when you really come down to it Izzie is

not the same as productive productive

leaves you feeling accomplished busy

just feels overwhelming so be sure to

establish boundaries to say no to things

that are no longer necessary or urgent

so you can focus your attention on the

things that will help you feel

accomplished and productive take one

action toward your goal however small

you know a Productivity rarely is about

grandiose gestures it's really about

taking those small actions consistently

over time that's really gonna get you

the progress that you desire remember

that old adage about the hare and the

tortoise you know slow and steady wins

the race and it also means you get to be

more productive and finally don't forget

to track and celebrate your progress you

know it's easy to get caught up in the

crazy momentum and chaos at the times

and forget that you've actually moved

the needle you need to track that either

in a journal or just somewhere and then

use that at the end of the day at the

end of the week to review so you can

remind yourself how far you've come and

feel more productive you know when

you've been working from home for months

it's easy to feel like you're not making

progress and you're being super

unproductive but you're not alone and

with the tips that I shared you're gonna

feel like you've made more progress and

you'll be kind of yourself which will

help your productivity in the law