An Organizational Bedrock

A large part of being productive is feeling productive. It’s a virtuous cycle that keeps on giving. When working remotely, it’s imperative that you set a foundation that allows you to feel like you’re making progress and checking off achievements, even if you have days that are stressful, busy, frustrating, or contain limited interactions with other people. To do this you need to set an organizational bedrock for yourself. It involves a small selection of simple habits that you can implement, and you can even do it with just a pen and paper.

The following ideas are just suggestions; fundamentally, you can organize yourself how you want. But what’s most important is that you do organize yourself. This way, you can check ...

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