It's easy to blame all your shortcomings on your excessive custom water pipe usage. If you're always late for work, never able to focus, don't get your chores done, or never hand your assignments in on time- weed is always the supposed culprit.

But good news is just around the corner! You can learn to be a functional stoner, and, dare we say, even a productive one!

It's going to take some hard work and experimentation if you want to up your game and take your life back. But the payoff is far greater than the inconvenience.

By the end of this article, you'll know how to train yourself to be among the most powerful people alive: the productive stoners.

Evaluate Your Current Situation

Let's be honest here. If you're reading this article, you're likely not a productive stoner. You're desperately searching for someone to tell you, “You can keep getting as high as you are right now, as frequently as you are right now, and also be productive with these magical tips!”

Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. You can be a stoner and still be productive, but some adjustments likely need to be made. You and your customized water pipe are going to need to make some changes.

Just think. How productive are you? And how much are your smoking habits getting in the way of your life goals?

Don't worry though. Our online smoke shop team will walk you through how to reach your dreams and still be a dedicated stoner!

Find the Perfect Dose

Get out a journal. No, really! It seems stupid, but it's time to start tracking how different doses affect you, and chances are you won't remember it all.

Start at your normal dose and use your usual custom water pipe. Type up 300 words about a topic of your choice. Time yourself. Write down the results.

Repeat the process with different doses until you find a dose where you can write 300 words with little effort, but still feel a good buzz.

Depending on your activity, you might have to go a little higher or lower with your dose. If you're doing simple data entry, you can probably up your dose a tiny bit. But if you're solving some calculus problems, you might want to pack your customized water pipe with a little less weed.

Stay Organized

If you want to be productive, you need to learn from people who are already productive. And almost everyone will tell you the same thing: stay organized!

Especially if you're smoking, you're going to be a little forgetful. There are a couple of different ways you can manage this.

• Get a planner. Planners are a classic organizational tool. Find anyone who's Type A and they'll have at least one planner on hand, probably color-coordinated at that. Bullet journals are another organizational trend. Keep track of all the tasks you need to accomplish for the day, as well as your timeframes for each task.
• Use alarms. It's a more chaotic method, and it either works for you or doesn't. But those who use alarms swear by them. Set alarms for everything- when to start task A, when to take a break, when to start task B, when to eat, etc. Some people even set a timer every 30 minutes so that they can catch themselves if they start to get distracted.
• Use sticky notes. Another trope- people who have sticky notes and highlighters for everything. But it works! If you need to water the garden every morning, put a sticky note by your coffee machine that says “water garden”. If you have something due on Tuesday, put a sticky note about it on your laptop. Write down your goals and put them on sticky notes by your bed.

It can be a steep learning curve, but organizing your life will help your stoner productivity as well as general wellbeing.

Pick a Sativa

This might be a no-brainer, but your favorite indica probably won't cut it when you want to get something done.

Sativas are known to increase alertness and creativity. As long as you find the perfect dose, sativas can actually enhance your performance.

Just like you experimented with dosage, you can experiment with cannabis strains. Pack your customized water pipe with some classic Sour Diesel and see how you fare. Blue Dream might be what you need, or maybe Trainwreck will make you anything but!

Write down how you do with each strain. You might find that one helps you focus, while another increases the speed of your thoughts, and another yet boosts your imagination.

If you're diligent enough in your personal research, you'll be able to pick out a strain that exactly fits the task at hand!

Final Thoughts

No need to throw out your customized water pipe. Being a productive stoner is totally possible, and honestly, it rocks.

Weed is known as the devil's lettuce, but it isn't evil. Some people just don't know how to use it for good.

But with these hacks, you can use your stash to your advantage. Being a stoner isn't a hindrance to your productivity- it can even enhance it.

With the perfect dose and strain, ideas will flow like it's nobody's business, and your focus will be laser-sharp.

And as a reward for being productive, there's no better way to celebrate than getting stoned... past the point of productivity!