My ex's friend wrote a detailed suggestions list on my productivity and I am in awe

I used to date a guy, and my life is much better now that we are broken up. However, one of his friends has always been kind to me, because you know, I am nice and everyone loves me. To make a long story short, I asked this friend if he would do me the honor of evaluating my productivity, as I have trouble with it. He is an expert in this field. He asked for my schedule, my time tracking data, and some other information, and then he wrote me this amazing list I am going to post below. I am very overwhelmed and I don't know how to process all this, so I want to share it here and ask for your thoughts. I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to share this, but I am at a total loss and I don't know where else to turn. I guess I should just hire a life coach or something. I have removed the details, but here is his list: 1. **Sleep schedule:** Stick to the same sleep schedule, 7 days a week 2. **Slepping in:** Sleep in 15m less every day and eventually wake up at 9am instead of 10am 3. **Time blocking:** Plan every single moment of your day beforehand with a schedule 4. **Time blocking interval:** Set the time blocking interval to 15 minutes for now, and eventually make it 30 minutes 5. **Time tracking:** Continue using your time tracking app 6. **Journaling:** Write down your thoughts, reflections, gratitudes, etc. This can be done with pen and paper 7. **Exercise:** Start walking 15m every day, and eventually work your way to 30m. You can also do some free bodyweight exercises at home 8. **Books:** Read a new book every month, even if it’s just for a couple of minutes a day. You can get the books from your local library 9. **Books on tape:** Listen to books on tape while doing chores or walking 10. **Chores:** Start doing the laundry once a week and get some help from your roommate when you need it. Try to maintain a tidy environment 11. **Cancerous people:** Be very strict and establish boundaries with people you think are toxic 12. **Emotional regulation:** Learn how to control and regulate your emotions 13. **Emotional pain:** Seek help for your past traumas and mental conditions 14. **Emotional/mental state:** Take care of yourself and find ways to recover from intense emotional events 15. **Mental exhaustion:** Stop doing things that exhaust you both physically and mentally 16. **Mistakes:** Learn from your mistakes and put yourself in other people’s shoes 17. **Motivation:** Keep a list of daily accomplishments to avoid feeling hopeless and to stay motivated 18. **Personal accomplishments:** Create a list of things you want to accomplish and genuinely reflect on them 19. **Solidarity:** Be more empathetic, supportive, and giving to those in need 20. **Self-reflection:** Take some time every day to reflect on your life and figure things out 21. **Self-regulation of emotions:** Practice delayed gratification and think before acting 22. **War with other people:** Don’t engage with people who are mean and aggressive 23. **War with yourself:** You have a hard time winning wars with yourself. Accomplish small goals and build up from there 24. **Mental health:** Talk to a therapist for your anxiety attacks and your fear of vomiting 25. **Habits:** Break bad habits 26. **Getting out of your comfort zone:** Avoid getting too comfortable and try to avoid the status quo 27. **Growth:** Surround yourself with people who make you want to grow and genuinely support you 28. **Being late:** Always be on time, literally and figuratively 29. **Practice:** Practice new things you want to learn 30. **Bad relationships:** Be picky with who you surround yourself with 31. **Debt:** Avoid debt and work on getting rid of your current debt 32. **Accountability:** Have someone to be accountable to 33. **Religious activities:** Continue with your religious activities such as prayer, reading religious texts, attending church, etc. 34. **Hobbies:** Try to find new hobbies 35. **Personal accomplishments:** Create a list of things you want to accomplish in your lifetime 36. **Analyze people:** Analyze the people you surround yourself with and make sure they are positive influences 37. **Productivity:** Read productivity books and articles, watch productivity videos, and take notes 38. **Productivity communities:** Surround yourself with people who are focused on productivity 39. **Productivity systems:** Continue using your current productivity systems, and consider implementing the Franklin Covey system 40. **Emotional regulation:** Learn to control your emotions, especially when dealing with difficult situations 41. **Create a morning routine:** Establish a morning routine that doesn’t involve any screens, and avoid snoozing 42. **Create an evening routine:** Establish an evening routine that doesn’t involve any screens and start winding down 30 minutes before bed 43. **Avoid procrastination:** Prioritize important tasks to avoid procrastination and focus on making progress rather than perfection 44. **Minimize phone usage:** Limit your phone usage, especially when doing other important tasks 45. **Avoid multitasking:** Prioritize one task at a time, and try to avoid multitasking 46. **Prepare meals beforehand:** Cook your meals for the day, or at least pack healthy snacks 47. **Back up your data:** Regularly back up your data and important files 48. **Organize your digital and physical space:** Declutter and organize your digital files and physical living space 49. **Practice gratitude:** Reflect on the things you are grateful for and practice gratitude in your daily life 50. **Seek accountability:** Share your accomplishments and progress with someone you trust to stay accountable and motivated 51. **Learn to say no:** Set healthy boundaries and prioritize your own needs by learning to say no without feeling guilty 52. **Batch similar tasks:** Group similar tasks together and complete them in batches to save time and increase efficiency 53. **Attend seminars and workshops:** Attend seminars and workshops that align with your goals and interests 54. **Read widely:** Expand your knowledge and perspectives by reading books, articles, and taking online courses 55. **Create a stop doing list:** Identify tasks that are not essential or that are wasting your time and eliminate them 56. **Create a not-to-do list:** Establish a list of things you choose not to do in your life, such as immersing yourself in negative content 57. **Pomodoro timer:** Use a combination of productivity techniques like the Pomodoro timer 58. **Rest properly:** Rest properly between tasks and take breaks as needed 59. **Time management:** Read time management books and articles, watch time management videos, and take notes to learn how to optimize your time usage 60. **Use productivity tools and apps:** Explore various productivity tools and apps to find what works best for you and make the most of their features 61. **Time audit:** Occasionally conduct a time audit to track your time usage 62. **Do one thing at a time:** Make sure you’re doing only one thing at a time 63. **Break tasks into smaller chunks:** Divide large tasks into manageable and smaller tasks for greater efficiency 64. **Deal with difficult people:** Learn how to deal with toxic people and negative influences 65. **Self-awareness:** Cultivate self-awareness and recognize how you waste time 66. **Review daily:** Review your daily accomplishments and reflect on how you can improve 67. **Self-discipline:** Build up self-discipline 68. **Accountability:** Share all your time tracking data with your accountability partner 69. **War with yourself:** You currently lose the war with yourself a lot. Breaking old habits is hard for you and you give up and fall into old habits easily 70. **Self-reflection:** You don’t spend enough time thinking about your life and yourself and how you can improve and grow as a person I am going to print this list and put it on my fridge. Thank you for listening to me I guess.

My ex's friend wrote a detailed suggestions list on my productivity and I am in awe

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