I'm a busy monotasker. I guess you can put me in the manage by saying no column. I did have to learn that, and it took years. Finally though, I had a few weeks to do my friend's website this spring & he never sent me any materials, and then he emailed me months afterward & I told him I had my own work to do all summer, and it was sweet.
Though lately, I feel I could be a little less one-note...
I could print you some lovely little cards on nice thick linen paper that say 'Miss Annersley Regrets That She Cannot Have The Pleasure Of...' and then a space for you to fill in, in copperplate.
I do a busload of stuff, but god knows to what level of efficiency. Some thoughts:
* Lists are great - also rewriting lists so you take off the stuff you've already done.
* Separating lists into "stuff you need a brane for" (eg. writing) and "stuff you can do without a brane" (eg. laundry). There's no point wasting time trying to do brane-stuff when it's gone into shut-down - instead, do non-brane stuff. This is a lesson I'm trying to pay attention to today when I'm meant to be writing 1000 words but instead have the brane-capacity of a teaspoon of jam; shall try sorting out library fines, etc instead.
* JUST SAY NO. To work, to over-sociable friends and partners (this I find incredibly hard but it must be done). Prioritise things you need to do. Get some of slightlyfoxed's cards and hand them out indiscrimintorily
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this is all strong truth. I fear that I am just prone to not sticking to my plans though - someone says 'come to the pub!' or 'turn the computer off, you've been staring at it all evening' and instead of saying 'no, I must finish my allotted 4 hrs of work on [X], can I turn the computer off in half an hour/come to the pub next week' I say 'well, whyever not'. Probably good for my sanity. Maybe I just need to plan a bit more realistically.
There's a fine line tho' between taking time off to let your brane rest and energy levels reboot, and being a cocktail hound who does nowt. I think if you know you're not going to be able to work for even half an hour more then heading to the pub is a fine plan and will help you relax (says she, who is crap at taking such advice).
I am very all-or-nothing - if I am going to have a break, I'll have a break for the whole evening (and probably eat a huge bar of chocolate as well). I think this is why I constantly run into difficulties. I'm almost considering getting this horrible book.
Of course, not spending so much time on the internet would help.
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So you might consider avoiding that one.
Getting good at saying no, though. That's really worth learning.
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Though lately, I feel I could be a little less one-note...
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p.s. could they also be emailable? I bet there's a copperplate font out there somewhere...
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* Lists are great - also rewriting lists so you take off the stuff you've already done.
* Separating lists into "stuff you need a brane for" (eg. writing) and "stuff you can do without a brane" (eg. laundry). There's no point wasting time trying to do brane-stuff when it's gone into shut-down - instead, do non-brane stuff. This is a lesson I'm trying to pay attention to today when I'm meant to be writing 1000 words but instead have the brane-capacity of a teaspoon of jam; shall try sorting out library fines, etc instead.
* JUST SAY NO. To work, to over-sociable friends and partners (this I find incredibly hard but it must be done). Prioritise things you need to do. Get some of slightlyfoxed's cards and hand them out indiscrimintorily ( ... )
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Of course, not spending so much time on the internet would help.
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