💡 Tip: Keep a Personal Household Productivity Journal while you #JustStayAtHome during this #MovementControlOrder period
Since all of us are in "lock down mode", it is crucial that we all maintain good discipline in our personal productivity and self-care. Don't allow these days of self-isolation to let us slip into lethargy, addiction, apathy, complacency, or non-productivity.
What I recommend us all to do is to start writing a daily household journal where everyone writes down all the things they did everyday - e.g. MCO day #5.
Whatever you track and measure, that gets accomplished.
For this to work:
1. Write down all the "positive" productive things in the journal - e.g. Whether you did any good reading (and how many pages/chapters you read), did any (home-based) exercise, cooked healthy meal(s), house chores completed, any creative/fun activities you did or came up with your family members, any productive online lectures/podcasts you listen to, what good messages/reminders have you shared with others online, how many sunnah prayers you performed, what have you memorized/revised from the Qur'an, attended any online e-learning classes/modules, major work tasks accomplished, and so on. It can be as basic or as detailed as you want.
1. Write down all the "positive" productive things in the journal - e.g. Whether you did any good reading (and how many pages/chapters you read), did any (home-based) exercise, cooked healthy meal(s), house chores completed, any creative/fun activities you did or came up with your family members, any productive online lectures/podcasts you listen to, what good messages/reminders have you shared with others online, how many sunnah prayers you performed, what have you memorized/revised from the Qur'an, attended any online e-learning classes/modules, major work tasks accomplished, and so on. It can be as basic or as detailed as you want.
2. Write down also all the things you consider as "non-productive" which you honestly feel you should be doing less of - e.g. How much time you spent on social media, video games andlYouTube, how many TV episodes or movies you've been watching, video games, "unhealthy" meals you ate, "guilty pleasure" fake news regarding #COVID19, and etcetera.
3. Work as a team: Let everyone be each other's coach!
In order for this to be even more effective, ensure everyone (or at least, as many people as possible) in the household writes in the same journal, so you are all able to view each other's achievements.
At the end of the day, schedule a time to read the daily entries together, acknowledge and positively reinforce each others' achievements 🤝, and also 'trigger' /remind each other and hold ourselves accountable if someone slips or starts to slack 👀.
In order for this to be even more effective, ensure everyone (or at least, as many people as possible) in the household writes in the same journal, so you are all able to view each other's achievements.
At the end of the day, schedule a time to read the daily entries together, acknowledge and positively reinforce each others' achievements 🤝, and also 'trigger' /remind each other and hold ourselves accountable if someone slips or starts to slack 👀.
With the right collaborative attitude, mindset, discipline and dedication, turn this MCO into a family team building event!
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