On Getting Work Done
December 15th, 2009
Work & Projects
So I finally got over the Big P and resumed work on my articles. That huge wave of procrastination hovered on top of me during my birthday week and lingered until the first few days of December. How wicked. I practically wasted hours on Facebook checking out photos and comments, searching for old acquaintances and friending them while the Word Processor stood by. Then one day I just woke up and decided to slow down on all these mindless (and totally unproductive) activities. This barn owl pecked furiously on her keyboard again and produced/published several articles. The revenue stream began to flow again, and I was happy.
I still am. Happy and writing. Writing about things that interest me. And keeping control of time spent at my office desk. Every time I go online, I try to stick to the day’s to-do’s and accomplish whatever I can accomplish. Then I go about the usual “voyeurism” in search of items worth clicking. Lately I’ve been soaking my brain in online publishing, microblogging and social networking. The three platforms seem to go hand in hand when you’re writing articles about topics that are either evergreen or trending. While I have my ever reliable boilerplate files stored in this laptop, there are still matters out there that resurface in interesting times. And so I stand by and see what’s going to emerge eventually. Twitter generates a lot of article leads/ideas; Facebook offers a lot of opinions, promotions (and temptations); and LinkedIn points me to credible clients and markets.
I seem to enjoy working amidst the systemic chaos, the endless distractions, and the occasional downtime. Derailed attempts may cause some lapses on my part, but I’m thankful every time I’m able to make the most out of my short attention span. I get a certain kind of high whenever I cross out an item on my to-do list, because I know I get things done.
W00t!
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3 Responses
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procrastination is my major preoccupation, too. it’s pretty easy to leave things as they are when you’re in the middle of some earth-shaking dilemma heheh. until now i still haven’t made up my mind about creating a Facebook account.
onyxx´s last blog ..moving on…
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G.: hee hee. i’ll try NOT to change themes for at least 3 months (gee, that’s a LONG time).
onyxx: i wouldn’t suggest creating an FB acct if you have looming deadlines.
and another different layout for this site.
G.´s last blog ..Epithet and Myth Activity