How Exceptionally Productive People End The Workday

My workdays used to go something like this:

Sit down in front of my computer with a vague idea of what I wanted to get done.

Check email. Get distracted by all of the new messages in my inbox. End up spending way too much time on urgent, but ultimately unimportant tasks.

Feel guilty about not making enough progress on my important projects. Continue working late - way past the point of optimal productivity - because I never felt like I got "enough" done .

Keep thinking about the important tasks I hadn't finished even after I had left work. Start the next day feeling drained, anxious, and guilty about the previous day's lack of productivity.