Monday, January 23, 2006
Doing Battle With Distractions
Sometimes the distractions just seem to win. That was the case for me on Thursday through Saturday. I tell you, I was getting pretty hard to live with. I wasn't getting anything done because I was so wound up in every little distraction I came across—overreacting to emails, frittering away time on inconsequentials. I was a mess and nothing of importance was getting done.
Finally, on Sunday, I knew I had to do something different. I cut myself off from email for most of the day. I promised myself that I wouldn't even check it until I had gotten the top four things crossed off my priority list.
It was just what I needed. I got what I wanted done and went back to checking my email far more focused on priorities instead of letting whatever came into my inbox dictate what I did next.
Sometimes it takes just a little change in routine to get out of a rut.
Jeff
Sometimes the distractions just seem to win. That was the case for me on Thursday through Saturday. I tell you, I was getting pretty hard to live with. I wasn't getting anything done because I was so wound up in every little distraction I came across—overreacting to emails, frittering away time on inconsequentials. I was a mess and nothing of importance was getting done.
Finally, on Sunday, I knew I had to do something different. I cut myself off from email for most of the day. I promised myself that I wouldn't even check it until I had gotten the top four things crossed off my priority list.
It was just what I needed. I got what I wanted done and went back to checking my email far more focused on priorities instead of letting whatever came into my inbox dictate what I did next.
Sometimes it takes just a little change in routine to get out of a rut.
Jeff
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