How to increase your productivity as a developer

Kumar Kalyan
4 min readNov 15, 2021
Photo by Procreator UX Design Studio on Unsplash

Life of a developer is not as cool as others think, as one has to code for the whole day sitting in front of a computer, but after reading this article and following my tips I am pretty sure that your productivity will be increased by 90%. So, without wasting time let's begin

Plan your day

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Successful people say that behind their every work there is a proper plan. Before starting your day make a plan and divide your tasks into suitable time slots and make sure that after each task there should be at least 10–15 mins of break for relaxation and during this time try to stay away from your workspace and just chill. Do anything you want but don't see, read or think about anything related to your work. After completing the first task is completed don’t be so happy because there are a lot more to do

Workout Daily

Photo by Anupam Mahapatra on Unsplash

Regular exercise boosts your energy level which is the most important thing for the whole day, moreover it also helps you in increasing your concentration level, thinking skills, brain functions, heart rate and many more. See if your brain will be productive, then your day will automatically become productive. Make sure meditation must be there in your daily exercise and while doing so don't think about the world, just enjoy the happiness of the peaceful environment around you

Reading a good book

Photo by Jaredd Craig on Unsplash

Every day try to read a book of your choice (Which you think can increase your productivity like Think and grow rich by Napolean Hill), as daily book reading can benefit you in many ways like, increasing your knowledge and vocabulary, can change your way of thinking and will push you to success. Billionaires like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk prefer book reading for increasing their productivity.

Take a public challenge

Photo by Olav Ahrens Røtne on Unsplash

Every day we spent a lot of our time using the social media, via liking and uploading posts, status, shorts, reels etc. , watching entertainment videos but using social media in a proper way ca really increase our productivity. Take challenges in public in social media like #100daysofleaning or #30dayofcode or #onebookaweek etc. and believe this will definitely increase your productivity level as you are doing everything in front of public so you can't skip it.

reward yourself at the end of the day

Photo by Robert Anasch on Unsplash

After your day is completed just ask yourself:

  1. Did I complete all my tasks according to my plan?
  2. Do I need to improve myself?
  3. What else can I do to increase my productivity?

If you get satisfactory answers of the above questions then Eureka, now be happy and reward yourself

21-day rule

Photo by Vasundhara Srinivas on Unsplash

The most effective tool to increase your productivity is the 21-day rule, try to follow all the tips consistently for 21 days and don't skip a single day, after 21 days you will find that your productivity level has been increased and you staying productive everyday has now become a habit for you

Now you are all done with all the tips that you need to increase your productivity … Post a comment if I need to add something in it and stay tuned for the next one. Till then Happy coding :)

--

--

Kumar Kalyan

I love to inspire the community by delivering talks and writing blogs on web development & blockchain topics. 2x featured on daily.dev, Dev.to & CodeNewBie