“We are not winning a medal for checking the most tasks off our to-do list,” says host Corinne Morahan. As she explains on this episode of Get Organized For Good, we can actually become so addicted to the thrill of completing tasks that we fail to actually move the needle in any major way in our working lives. What’s more, so much focus on productivity and achieving our goals can keep us from enjoying life and being present for the small precious moments of everyday life. To help us create the right balance, Corinne introduces the concepts of immersive productivity as well as immersive relaxation.
Learn how to determine which tasks truly need your attention and which you can outsource and how to embrace what truly makes you happy, without anything hanging over your head. She’ll explain the concept of completion bias and how our need for efficiency can actually hold us back.
Life is made up of small, precious moments. Join today’s episode to learn how you can learn to make the most of them while achieving your big dreams.
Quotes
- “How many of us feel guilty when we are doing nothing? When we are not being super-productive? I don’t want that for us.” (1:22 | Corinne Morahan)
- “For so long, I felt like I was chasing a happy life, chasing, chasing, chasing a happy life—feeling like, ‘where is the happy life?—not realizing that I actually had so many happy moments, but I was letting them pass me by and not fully penetrate because I was so focused on this future, this future happy life I was going to build.” (2:01 | Corinne Morahan)
- “I deeply believe that we can build adventure into the everyday. I know for sure that we can have a steamy sex life even after being married for 18 years and we can plan trips and travel the world—and that’s all a piece of it. But it is also the small moments, and when we are so focused on automating and systematizing and being productive, we really can become detached from our everyday lives and then start looking at the everyday moments and feeling like we are failing.” (3:44 | Corinne Morahan)
- “I realized it was our efficiency that was holding us back because, I, in particular, had gotten out of my strategic thinking mindset, all of the excitement and energy that leads me to build new things and to make things better because I thought, ‘Look at me. I’m ticking all these tasks off and now I have all this free time.’ So, I really started reassessing my whole notion of productivity.” (6:46 | Corinne Morahan)
- “Immersive relaxation—it is equally important as immersive productivity. Being fully immersed in relaxation is among the most productive things you can do. It really, truly is. It recharges your mind, your body and your soul.” (10:52 | Corinne Morahan)
Connect With Corinne:
https://www.gridandglam.com/
https://www.corinnemorahan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gridandglam/
https://www.instagram.com/corinnemorahan/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnemorahan/
https://www.facebook.com/gridandglam
https://www.youtube.com/@gridandglam1
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