 what's up everyone jossie here and in today's video i'm going to be showing you what a productive work day in my life looks like but before we continue this video i want to thank western digital for sponsoring this video i'm actually really happy to be working with western digital because i've been using their external hard drive for multiple years now so i have most of my video content saved onto my external hard drive so it's always good to work with a brand whose products you already use on days like today where i'm really busy have a lot of meetings along with programming that needs to get done in the morning i like to wake up about 30 minutes before my first meeting just to get in the right headspace and do all the necessary things that i need to do to start the day off the right way and one thing that i do in the morning to help me stay productive and on track with the tasks that need to be completed for this specific day or really any day is by actually adding the meetings that i have appointments along with tasks that i want to get completed by a certain time within the day using one of my favorite apps called time page has a really beautiful user experience i think the app was created by moleskin i think that's like a really nice like notebook brand but anyways it's a really cool user experience and it's really easy to add appointments amongst other things into the time page app you have like location that you can add URLs for like zoom links along with like being able to you know repeat whatever tasks or meeting that is if it's something that needs to be repeated so that's the first thing that i like to do in the morning i'm really excited to talk about western digital and their wd blue sn 550 nvme solid state drive i've made a lot of laptop videos and i get a lot of questions about hey what type of laptop should i get as a software developer or software engineer and i typically recommend laptops based on three performance category which is memory of course storage if a laptop doesn't have ssd it's a deal breaker and then of course graphics as a content creator i notice some of you all are probably thinking hey isn't website development and programming more software related well here's the thing you can't have software without hardware well for one high processing speed is essential for web development and mobile development as a software developer i know for a fact that installing packages building solutions and handling large code bases can take up a lot of space and the last thing that you want is system lag when you're trying to build or run a solution but here's the thing about nvme ssd it gives your pc a substantial power boost for one nvme ssd is a cost effective storage system that adds reliability to the solid state drive with nvme build a powerful small form pc with a slim single sided m.2 2280 pc le gen 3 x4 nvme solid state drive you can also do more with less with its scalable hardware accelerated architecture for high performance and low power draw and i mean look at how small this solid state drive is it's literally the size of my chapstick also not to forget that western digital design controller and firmware paired with the latest 3d nand for optimized and consistent performance and like i mentioned earlier western digital is such a reliable brand with a long heritage of advanced award-winning and quality hardware and firmware so the first meeting that i have and typically this happens on tuesdays and thursdays is our stand-up meeting so i do have stand-up every day but on tuesdays and thursdays i have stand-up at 840 in the morning and what's really nice about having stand-up is that you get a chance to talk with your team members about your progress on projects if you have any stumbling blocks and what projects you plan on tackling for the day this also helps me stay productive because it keeps me accountable to my team members all right so after having that first stand-up meeting one other thing that i noticed that keeps me productive along with keeping track of all the projects that i have along with the progress that is being made whether it's you know other business areas giving me assets that i need to complete whatever web development tasks that i have so actually going through my outlook and reading through emails is it sounds really simple but as a developer you get really caught up in the weeds of programming and sometimes ignore emails but it's actually best to go through those emails especially when other business areas rely on you to complete projects so i know that i feel a lot better knowing what's going on within the other business areas because sometimes there's like stumbling blocks with getting things approved along with you know maybe pushing dates back or just asking for the overall progress another way that i like to stay productive after reading through my emails is tackling the first programming tasks but before i get to that point i usually like to like run my code and see what i actually worked on i'm a visual learner and when your context switching let's say i didn't get a chance to program as much yesterday on this project because i worked on something else or had a lot of meetings it's great to like visually see what i built and then i'll go through like my one no and go through the tasks that i actually need to complete for that day one recommendation that i have for anybody whether they're a programmer or not is to use a pomodoro timer i typically work in like 45 minute increments and then i step away for 15 minutes especially when i have a lot of programming to do i recently downloaded this pomodoro timer app that's been a great integration into my system because i typically would just go to like google and type in 45 minute timer and then play lo-fi music in the background so with this app it's made it a lot easier for me to start my tasks by just opening up the app and selecting a 45 minute work session you can do 25 minute you do whatever increment you want so for those of you all who've been following my channel like the past year you know that making coffee has been a huge part of my morning routine and kind of daily routine so making coffee or tea breaks up my morning it really energizes me and inspires me however i've actually been drinking less coffee recently so i'm not so reliant on something that keeps me productive and motivated and i've been drinking a lot more tea nevertheless for the sake of this video i want to give you some really nice coffee making b-roll so now i'm actually about to meet up with one of my best friends and we're going to go to a coffee shop it's one of my favorite place to shoot like b-roll and we're just going to talk for a little bit i think i'm just going to grab a smooth but uh yeah i just it's hot outside i want to smoothy i want to get out of the apartment and enjoy this really nice weather during the afternoon time is typically when i like to take my break for lunch and this can be anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour it depends on what the work day is like but one thing that has also helped me be productive and not sluggish is the food that i put into my body and on days like today when i'm really busy and may not have time to work out because i got to do programming stuff i got a lot of meetings i got video editing i got a shoot video and all these things to do i may not have time to work out or work out as long as i'd like to so one thing to kind of feel that void is to eat healthy so i'm going to be making some salmon not just by myself my wife and i are going to kind of make this together it's going to be mostly her because she's a way better cook than me so today has been really busy um i hope this video is helpful there's really no equation to productivity this is just me showing you what steps i make to be productive but for the rest of the day i have more meetings like meetings on top of meetings on top of meetings so it's kind of hard not to be productive with meetings because i literally don't have time to be distracted because i have to be in the meeting but after my meetings around 3 30 3 45 i'm going to spend the rest of the day coding and using my pomodoro timer to keep me focused and also not to burn myself out i hope this video was helpful i didn't want to make it too long i just wanted to give you like a quick short version of how i stay productive it seems like you all like these kind of like lifestyle productivity routine kind of videos which really makes me excited because i can add a little bit more creativity to those videos opposed to like the software engineering stuff so be sure to give this video a thumbs up it helps out with the algorithm a lot comment down below your morning routine or how you stay productive and some apps that you use i love engaging with you all in the comment section and it lets me know if you like the video if you haven't already subscribe to the channel i love for you all to become a part of this amazing community and as always have a blessed rest of your week once again thank you to western digital for sponsoring this video peace