By Shalina Naicker

It has become common practice for IT professionals to work long hours in order to meet demanding deadlines. As my own workload increased, I found that 8 hours was just not enough time to complete all of my tasks and soon working overtime became the norm for me. In an effort to avoid this, and to work more efficiently, I started to reflect on my days to figure out what I could improve. In this article, I will share some of the challenges that reduced my efficiency and the methods that I applied to overcome them.

Read the blog post here!

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Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• Trello helped me organize my goals and create checklists for each of them.
• Reddit offers plenty of funny cat/dog memes to aid with your daily dopamine release.
• I tried out a few of these techniques from Aubrey Marcus to overcome fatigue.
• Dr Matthew Walker talks about the impact of sleep on human health and disease in this podcast.
• Dr Rhonda Patrick and Chris Kresser are my go-to resources for nutrition and health.

Music Shalina recommends to help with focus:

• Super Intelligence: Memory Music, Improve Memory and Concentration, Binaural Beats Focus Music
• Assassin’s Creed Origins (Full Soundtrack) - Sarah Schachner
• Man of Steel Soundtrack Deluxe Edition