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🧪 Productivity Lab Journey: Focusing on Focus

· 2 min read · Lukas Zangerl
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👋 Hello friend

I am participating in Ali Abdaal’s community Productivity Lab.

In the next 12 weeks, we will go through his Life Productivity System. This week, we focused on the area: FOCUS.

Ali made a hypothesis: By tracking our focus sessions, we will be able to double our productivity.

I now track my focus time with Google Sheets.

I note:

  • 📝 Task
  • ⏱️ Start and end times
  • ⌛ Duration (calculated)
  • 📚 Topic
  • 🤔 Reflection

A Google Sheets focus log displaying various columns: Date, Align & Organize, Start time, End time, Focus time, Project, and Reflect & Recharge. The log tracks activities, start and stop times, total focus time, project names, and reflections. Entries are color-coded for better visual organization.

My focus log in Google Sheets

I asked ChatGPT about focuslog trends and patterns. It shared valuable insights:

  • Best focus times: 11am - 1pm and 3pm - 5pm.
  • Breaking admin work into 15-minute chunks.
  • Taking regular breaks.

Hourly Breakdown: A productive hour looks like this:

A visual representation of a productivity routine, divided into different time segments. The routine starts with a 5-minute "Align" session followed by a 5-minute "Organize" session, then a 50-minute "Focus" period, and concludes with a 5-minute "Recharge" session and a 5-minute "Reflect" session. The sections are color-coded with "Align" in gray, "Organize" in purple, "Focus" in gold, "Recharge" in green, and "Reflect" in blue.

Structured focus session

Total: 60 minutes

  1. Five minutes: Organize
    • Tidy up.
    • Get a drink.
    • Use the restroom.
  2. Fifty minutes: Focus
  3. Five minutes: Reflect & Rest
    • Review work and plan for the next session.
    • Stretch and walk.

This routine is a game-changer. 🚀

Productivity Update

In the last newsletter, I offered to help with productivity issues.

I’ve received many questions. I’ll respond to all within three days. You can still send in questions for a few more days. 🙂

Have a great week!

xx Lukas 🤗

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