14 Things My Highly Productive Friends Have Given Up

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I feel pretty damn lazy most of the time, especially in 2020.

The couch, with chocolate, chips and a movie feels pretty good on most days. Thankfully I have a few friends who are highly productive. A few of them even create productivity products. They’ve spent a lot of time understanding how we think so they can understand how a person loses time.

Spoiler: subtracting things from your schedule holds a lot of gains.

A lot of my time gets wasted on social media. When my 9–5 job is out of control and I have no idea what to do, my brain turns to social media to numb the pain. A scroll or two helps me think about mindless activities to take my mind off the heart of the problem: usually, me, and how I’m looking at a situation.

Here’s what my highly productive friends taught me by giving up everyday traps. Some of these thoughts will help you win back extra time.