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Researcher Edward Deci noticed a trend in positive interactions vs. negative and how they influenced productivity. In his book, Why We Do What We Do, Deci explains that when someone has six positive interactions to one negative, they are 31% more productive. I needed to appreciate my work and not just cross things off my list. I’m lucky to do the work that I do. So, I pulled out my journal and wrote down why I was grateful for each important task: I’m grateful for my ability to write clearly and effectively to help my client grow his business. I’m grateful for reaching out to a few potential clients because I know I can help them improve their conversions.


I’m grateful for adding expenses and income into my philippines photo editor accounting software because it helps show me how healthy my business is today. This exercise helped me bring gratitude to each task I wanted to do. I just needed to appreciate that these were tasks I wanted to do, not things I had to do. Evaluate your mindset The hardest part of my day was the stop-and-go that occurred again and again. Someone would email or text me and I would answer, then I would go back to my other work. I would have a meeting, then go back to my client work. I was being pushed and pulled in 100 different directions. Don’t get me wrong, I love my work, but most days I felt like I was doing too many things.


I also realized that I needed to appreciate my priorities more. If I just did whatever came in, I was overloading myself. I needed to step back and enjoy what could come out of each project. For example, one of my clients thought that one of their low-performing products could use some better copy and design. I thought I was just being lazy, but my gratitude journal showed me something else. I tried to write about what I enjoyed about the project. I kept coming back to learning about the client and not the actual project.