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1105: Productivity Tips: Ideas For People With Too Many Things to Do by Tonya Lester on Creating More Time For Yourself

Oct 10, 2023

Psychotherapist Tonya Lester shares productivity tips for busy people, focusing on the importance of not over-focusing on busyness, making choices, cutting out unnecessary tasks, and creating systems to simplify one's life. She also emphasizes finding one's own way in managing productivity habits, setting realistic expectations, and prioritizing serendipity, laughter, sleep, and pleasure.

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Tonya Lester

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Shift your focus to meaningful aspects of life to reduce stress and strengthen relationships.

Identify priorities and eliminate unnecessary tasks to achieve a better work-life balance.

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Tip 1: Avoid Over-focusing on Busyness

Rather than constantly dwelling on how busy we are, it is important to shift our focus to the meaningful aspects of our lives. The author shares how she and her husband used to engage in conversations about their hectic lives, which only added to their stress. By reframing their perspective and appreciating the exciting things they were involved in, they were able to have more enriching conversations and strengthen their relationship.

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Creating Systems, Finding Your Way, and Prioritizing Serendipity

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Tonya Lester shares productivity tips for busy people

Episode 1105: Productivity Tips: Ideas For People With Too Many Things to Do by Tonya Lester on Creating More Time For Yourself

Tonya Lester, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from New York University with a Master's degree in Social Work. Her post-graduate training includes a fellowship at Psychoanalytic Theory at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Theory and Research (IPTAR) and supervised practice in Psychodynamic Therapy under Drs. C.E. Robins and John Broughton. She completed training in IFS with Dick Schwartz, Nancy Sowell, and Pam Krause. Her training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) was with John Forsyth, Ph.D. She studied RLT with its creator, Terry Real.

The original post is located here: https://www.tonyalester.com/blog/productivity-tips-for-poeple-with-more-than-one-things-to-do

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