What’s the biggest challenge you face in maintaining productivity as a maker?

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Let us know in the comments if you've found any unique strategies for overcoming these challenges. What’s one productivity hack you can’t live without?

Sergey Koshevoy · Accepted Answer

The biggest challenge in maintaining productivity as a maker is balancing focus with flexibility. On one hand, deep focus is essential for creating meaningful, high-quality work. This often requires long, uninterrupted stretches of time to fully dive into complex tasks or solve challenging problems. But on the other hand, the nature of being a maker often means handling a mix of creative ideation, iterative changes, and responding to feedback—all of which can interrupt that focus.

Karan Duggad · Answer

Maintaining productivity as a maker often boils down to finding a balance between focus and flexibility. One strategy that has helped me immensely is setting micro-goals. Instead of tackling large tasks all at once, I break them down into smaller, time-boxed goals. This keeps me moving forward without feeling overwhelmed and gives a sense of achievement after each milestone. I also try to schedule deep work sessions with no distractions to tackle the most critical parts of projects. The mix of small wins and focused sessions is a productivity hack that’s been a game-changer!

Malik Shaw · Answer

I’m always running out of time! Setting clear goals each day helps a lot

Chel Chen · Answer

I would say the hardest is to stay focus and manage time effectively, it hard to have period of time to stay focus and be able to create high-quality works. So I personally prefer to do that early at the day or late.

Shannon J. Stafford · Answer

Distractions are everywhere! I keep my phone out of reach but i still get sidetracked

Alexander Galitsky · Answer

lack of sugar, so I start getting angry

Nathan Luke · Answer

Managing my time better is top priority! I’m trying differnet  techniques but still have not cracked it

Phoebe Marshall · Answer

Staying focused is a daily battle for me. I try to block out distractions but its easier said than done

Janak Patel · Answer

The biggest challenge is managing distractions and staying focused while balancing multiple tasks and creative phases.

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Finding time to recharge has been huge for me. regular breaks help me avoid burnout

Alex Prompt · Answer

Honestly, the biggest challenge for me is staying focused when there are too many distractions—ideas, notifications, or just life stuff. A hack that’s been a game-changer is time-blocking my day into chunks, with specific themes for each block. It helps me switch gears less and get into a proper flow. Would love to hear what’s working for others!

Beck Silver · Answer

Burnout for sure

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I get so overwhelmed by my task list sometimes. breaking things into smaller steps has helped, though!

Violetta Chernobuk · Answer

@raregenie Deep work sessions is a great approach!

What’s the biggest challenge you face in maintaining productivity as a maker?

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