Focusing

Focusing at work. Sheesh it can get difficult.  If you think you struggle with staying off facebook during office hours, try actually working  on facebook.

I spend most of my day working on Google +, Twitter, and Pinterest.  While Google+ is an elephant grave yard, Twitter and Pinterest can be extremely distracting.  One minute I'm organizing boards and doing some keyword searches and the next thing I know I'm reading an awesome tutorial on braided up-dos. Shoot.

It never helps when people I work with are sending me funny videos they found while searching for content (thats their job too).

So what do I do when my job is the distraction?

A) Wunderkit.com saves lives people.  If you don't have one, you should really look into the amazing world of task management.  You create tasks, monitor them, even create workspaces with others to keep your projects on point.  Genius I tell you.  And you can make the background pink and sparkly, so even better.

Cool right? See all those tasks I completed? Baller.

B) Get rid of all your friends.  Dump those suckers. Really, working with people you like makes being productive really difficult.  Or just maybe sign off IM ever so often.  Whichever is easier.

C)  Create a playlist on Spotify.  Wiggity what? How could that help you ask?  Well, how much time could you waste trying to find music? 2 hours is the correct answer! Good job! But for realz yo, by creating a bomb diggity playlist in advance you can get plugged in and buzzing on your work without wasting time searching for good tunes.  Even better, make a playlist that keeps you trucking along.  Something up-beat and energetic.  

This is how I look at work.  True story.

D) Get your google-reader going.  That way your only reading new blogs, instead of perusing the blogosphere.  And if you didn't know, the blogosphere is actually a black hole that sucks all motivation into its black abyss.  So I think its best if we all steer clear of that scary image.  

E) Stop creating open-ended tasks.  Work on blog could mean 30 minutes or like, 2 years.  So, lets stick with Write one blog post to be edited later, or even better, write 2 paragraphs for new blog.  Oh, small tasks, freaking love those.  So much less threatening when divided into little bite-size tasks.  

F) Eat that Frog. I once read a book (or skimmed. whatever) and it was about how if you ate a Frog in the morning, the rest of your day would inevtiably be better.  Thats a strong truth for sure.  So this translates into doing your least favorite, sucky task, first thing.  Gross, I know, but apparently it makes your day easier (hint, it does). Suck it up cupcake, and eat that frog.

Ribbit.

Well there you go, those are the ways I try to stay on task.  Still haven't completely mastered it yet, but I'm sure I will get there.

Update on my life: I move in 8 days, and don't have boxes or man power.   That will be fun.

Also, I visited my bestest friend in the whole wide world this past weekend.  She is a doll and a half.  We didn't get a picture, so check out this 2 year old picture of some adorable youngins...

Ah-dorable.  

Have a great Monday!