307 - Mom hack to feel more productive today
Mama's Daily Dose
English - August 09, 2022 08:00 - 4 minutes - 3.21 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsParenting Kids & Family Society & Culture Relationships Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Do you love a list? Are you a person that gets excited when you get to cross off your to-dos?
Do you want to know how you can get even more excited about your list, feel more productive and get more done? We got you!
There is a reason you get so excited to cross of actions on your to-do list. Each time you complete an action and check it off you get a hit of dopamine. Dopamine is the feel good hormone your body releases. So not only does it feel good to complete the task, but you feel even better getting this extra release of dopamine when you mark it as complete.
We can utilize this bodily system to our advantage and check off more things, WITHOUT doing more!
Next time you create your list; break it down into chunks.
Instead of "do laundry" break it down.
My laundry
Husband's laundry
Kid 1 laundy
Kid 2 laundry
And to get even more dopamine and excitement running through you. You can breakdown laundry even further into:
Wash
Dry
Fold
So now instead of marking 1 action off your list and just getting that dopamine one time. You can get it up to 12 times! Each time you check it off you get a bit more excited and motivated.
Give it a try today and feel more productive without actually doing more!
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