My mother said to me If you become a soldier you will be a general; if you become a monk, you will end up as the pope. instead, I became a painter and would up as Picasso.
-PABLO PICASSO
You can load yourself up with big, hunky day planner devices, computer software, notepads, different colored pens, stickes, ipads, iphone, strings tied around your thumbs, and a million little techniques and you will still be pitifully unproductive if you dont have your inner game under control.
Productivity is an inside-out game.
Having said that, I think you can surround yourself with three possible ways;
- by accident and happenstance, with no purpose in mind and no purpose served.
- Consciously or unconsciously, with things that trigger negative responses; frustration, anger, resentment, depression.
- Deliberately with things selected to reinforce positive-productive-responses.
The third looks to be the best option, go for it :))