No Screens After 10 pm
The keystone habit that helps keep my productivity on track
Whenever I’m helping clients reach their productivity goals, I start with one big question. What time do you go to bed? That question is usually followed by another question. What does your nighttime routine look like? This may sound like an odd place to start, but I’ve found the answers to be key when unlocking untapped productive hours in a person’s day.
Simplification
Morning routines might get all the attention, but it’s what you do at night that helps prepare you for a productive morning. For too many of us, our evenings are spent in front of a screen. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but we just need to be aware of it. We need to put barriers around our screen time in order to keep it under control. Because no matter how much tech discipline you think you may have, it’s extremely difficult to avoid the allure of screens.
I’ve found that the easiest way to simplify it for the broadest number of people is to say “No screens after 10 pm”. This deceptively simple habit has become my most successful coaching topic.
It may sound self-explanatory, but let me describe exactly what I’m looking to accomplish with this statement.
