In the first post, I wrote about ways to be productive that were fun, but in this post, it is going to be all about productivity.

A lot of us are in quarantine, and so it is really easy, to be unproductive. You don't have to work or to go to school, you can sleep in, use your phone as much as you want, eat whenever you want, and go to bed whenever you want. Your entire routine is out of sync, so you have two choices. You can create a quarantine routine, or you can go wild and not have any sort of routine at all. Which one is the better option?

Now, some of you are probably shaking your head and thinking that you don't need any sort of routine at all, which might just happen to be true. If you don't want to be productive, or if you don't want to get anything done, then don't make a routine. If you are using quarantine to relax, and you think a routine will ruin your relaxation time, then let me tell you this little scenario.

Making a simple routine will help you have more time to relax, not less. For example, if you go to bed at 2 AM, how good are you going to be feeling when you wake up at 12 PM the next morning? Then you grab your phone, without getting out of bed, and scroll for two hours. Where did the day go? It is now already 2 PM and you haven't gotten out of bed yet. How productive are you going to be feeling? And if you are trying to have more time to relax, then you won't feel relaxed either because you will be feeling like you wasted your day.

Okay! I kind of went on a tangent there, but now you probably see what I mean. Being productive will give you more time to relax during your quarantine. Let's get onto how to be insanely productive during quarantine and if you want some ideas of fun and productive things you can do during quarantine, then go here.

So plan in advance to go to bed early. If you are used to going to bed late at night, then you might want to gradually go to bed earlier every night for a couple of nights in a row, just so you don't all of a sudden throw your internal clock off by a few hours, before you start waking up earlier in the morning.

Since it is during quarantine, you are going to want to get as much rest as you need, so I don't recommend waking up with an alarm clock. Instead, focus on going to bed earlier at night and then when you wake up, get out of bed, instead of turning on your phone. You can't use the "my phone is my alarm clock and I might as well check my notifications while I turn off my alarm" excuse anymore because you aren't waking up with an alarm.

Now is also the time to plan out what is going to stop you from being productive. If you always have trouble deciding what to wear, then pick out an outfit the night before. If you usually end up being overwhelmed because you have so many tasks to do, then make a list, and start at the top.