Gamify Your Tasks

You tend to start daydreaming spontaneously when you don’t have something harder to do. To make boring tasks more engaging:

1. Up your game. Even a slight increase in standards is often enough to make your focus sharper.
2. Measure your performance, keep track of it as ...

Work tasks are rarely chosen by you, so they rarely have optimal difficulty. To make them more likely to produce flow:

1. Slow down on your work and let go of the expectations you have related to your tasks.
2. Complex tasks can seem very overwhelming and frustrating. So...

We tend to avoid jobs that we find boring or tedious. Chores like cleaning the gutters or bathroom will never be loads of fun, but you can make them more enjoyable. Try listening music or a podcast, or put on your fitness tracker to see how many calories you burn or steps you get while per...