This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2149, the Focus Launch List by Anthony Angaro of BreakTheTwitch.com

and I'm Justin Malik, the guy who's been reading articles or book excerpts or essays,

sometimes stories to you every day, including holidays. And I plan to keep that up,

so let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.

The Focus Launch List by Anthony Angaro of BreakTheTwitch.com

When most of the tasks we have to do are more involved, yet we haven't established

Focus Momentum, we jumped from thing to thing without actually completing much.

This tends to be accompanied by a bit of anxious energy or overwhelmed around having a lot of

options for what to do, but often we're lacking some clarity on what is most important.

Sometimes it all feels important, or it all is important, especially with more complex priorities.

A secondary challenge comes when you aren't sure how to get started with that individual task.

The irony of this situation is that we have so much to do that we feel like we don't have time to

stop, assess and set things up so we can get zoned in. Here are some simple steps to re-center

and move forward. This Focus Launch List should take about 20 to 30 minutes, but we'll save hours

of wasted time and effort. The Focus Launch List.

Number one, Breathe. Pause everything. I mean everything and take a bunch of deep,

slow breaths. Silence your phone and put it far away, close your eyes, and push the CO2 that

has been shilling the bottom of your lungs for the last two hours and let your house plans have it.

Number two, Grab a notebook and pen. Turn to a new page and leave it open next to you,

pen uncapped, ready to roll. Number three, Clear Workspace. Take five minutes and remove everything

from your desk that might be a visual distraction. Papers, Post-it Notes, Memory Cards, Books,

empty coffee cups, etc. As you go, make a note in your notebook for anything you don't want to

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