How can you stay productive at home, in the midst of lockdowns, or even rainy days, or school breaks for your kids? We have some super simple tips for you, friends! Cause you aren't the only one to have hard days/weeks/months! So even just knowing that simple truth – that you aren't alone – we hope that already helps you to get out of bed in the morning.

Simple Tips to Stay Productive

• Make your bed
• Get dressed for the day
• Eat a healthy breakfast
• Set your kids/spouse/cats up for success!
• Make a list of 3 important tasks that must get done today
• Listen to some helpful, encouraging, and motivating podcasts

It is truly amazing how accomplished you can feel by doing one simple thing – like making your bed! And this truly creates a snowball effect for productivity. Don't believe me? Listen to this very inspirational speech by Admiral McRaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmFwRkl-TTc

More helpful resources to help you stay productive

If you are looking to for more helpful articles, check this one out from our own UX designer – Chris Misterek. Make sure to check out Honeybook as they are constantly doling out great articles for your business. They even have a Corona Virus hub right now that is full of up-to-date info and resources. (Make sure to pay attention to the section on mental health, friends!)

Our sweet friend, Joi of Joi Knows How, put on this amazing webinar for all of us! If you are a multi-passionate creative, Joi is the business bestie you need. But even if you aren't, we can all use help on how to focus and stay productive. And Joi has broken down how to focus in this webinar.

Get Those Creative Juices Flowing!

Sometimes one of the simplest ways to stay productive is to do a simple task that gets your creative juices flowing. Whether it's doodling, writing in your journal, painting a little picture on a scrap paper, it just helps to create! And at Showit, we are All About creatives and creative freedom. If you haven't tried us out we really think you should! You can read about why so many website designers prefer Showit over other platforms. Or you can just dive into a free 14 day trial right now!

We sure hope this helps you to stay productive. Although we have known people who actually use desiging their Showit sites as a way to avoid doing other pressing work – we can't be mad about that! But as we mentioned earlier – make a to do list of things that MUST get done for the day, and don't forget to leave a little room for creative play!