2013 has been a tough year for me productivity wise.  After accomplishing close to all my 2012 goals, I ratcheted all my goals for 2013 without considering environmental changes.  Needless to say Sebastian's latest posts have come at a good time.

The problem is I mentally associated my previous productivity pattern with the norm, and although I can allow myself to ratchet back down, (for instance allow myself to watch 4 hours of television a day), I can't help feeling that this is disappointing.  

My weeks consist of a few highly focused, productive days, followed by a few days where I just sit on the couch watching The Walking Dead.   This suggests to me that my problem isn't a result of bad ratcheting, although that may be a factor, namely, setting my goal to 4 hours of tv a day and then slowly decreasing that amount to 3 hours and so on, won't fix this.  I think there is a structural fix that needs to be done with emphasis on environment.  I also think that if I squeeze out all my will power, and create a string of successful days, that the solution will stay permanent (yes, i also believe that will power is a limited resource).  

So for now, I will change 3 things:

1.  leave the house.  Aside from eating, sleeping and other general needs, I will be spending the rest of my time outside the apartment.

2.  eat without distraction.  Lately I have been turning on the t.v. to help with the boredom of eating.

3.  write a daily to do list.  Yes, I know I should do this but for some reason, I skip it in the morning and never get around to it later in the day.  

I will use all of my will power on these 3 things, and any remaining will power on the actually daily tasks.

Please share your thoughts and suggestions.  I will update with results by next Thursday.