What you should do when you are out of ideas or missing productivity

Honestly, we all need it: productivity. We are out there, probably gaming the entire day or just sitting there on the couch watching Netflix the entire day. I have experienced this in the past where I really lacked productivity, especially on programming what I actually love to do.

There are some solutions, there is some light at the end of the tunnel, as they say. We all have a hobby, special interests and something where we are good at. You can't just say that you don't have anything in you where you are good at. No, there actually is something. You just need to find it out. The same is regarding ideas. You have ideas. Everyone can think of that one great idea which will get you to great success. It might take you several attempts, but at the end of the day, when you actually work hard for it and when you try as much as possible, you will reach it.

So, what should I do?

• Turn your PC, mobile phone and TV off and lay on your bed. Take an hour to think. An hour to think about an idea. About what the next move will be about. Take a pen and draw something while thinking. Write anything you can think about. What do people miss nowadays? Where are you good at? What do you love? Do ALWAYS something you love, because that will make you the best. Do you love cooking? Do something with cooking. Do you love to program? Create the next must-have application. If you don't love it, simply don't do it because you will be forced to learn stuff you don't wanna learn, and that will end up in nothing at the end.

• Never do things for the money. Do it because you love it as I mentioned above. Even when writing this blog post I don't care how much I would be rewarded by the community, I do it because I love writing and feel SteemIt actually rewards writers, which is a good combination.

• Set goals for yourself. What do you want to achieve for the next few days? Write it and place the paper above your bed or at any place you visit regularly, such as a kitchen or the fridge (for the food lovers ^_^).

• Talk with others you worked with for a very long time, and ask them what they think about you, however make sure you don't rely on their answers as you are the one who knows most of yourself.

When working on your very cool idea

• While working on your very cool idea, take rests. Don't go a full night working on your very nice idea. Take a rest, because you need it to make your project even better.

• Set an estimated time when you would like to finish your project. This makes sure you won't take many rests or waste as much as you would without a finish date.

• Believe in yourself! When you lose motivation, go do something else! Especially when you think your very nice project won't actually be the next thing, you should just forget about it and do something else, because it will decrease your motivation eventually which is not good for your goal at all.

And the last tip is to love yourself, to follow me if you want more inspiration and to keep working on your goal until you reach it!