Ever feel like you are being pulled in 17 different directions? I referenced
this challenge in a previous post (Focus, Focus, Focus….Hey Look! A Squirrel!) and I am revisiting it as to give it more attention. Here are a few tips that help me stay ahead of the game (sometimes a futile task).
1) Calendars
I don’t have a living breathing secretary but I sure do need one. Enter my calendar. I am religious about using my calendar and reminders to schedule my days. I utilize block scheduling to make sure that I am paying the appropriate attention to my varying obligations. Here is an example of one day last week:
Things might change from day-to-day or week-to-week but I do this to have a consistent starting point. Each day will end up being slightly different than what was intended but the goal is to be productive not perfect.
2) To Do Lists
These are my favorite. I have a digital and physical notebook that are ongoing journals of ideas, meeting notes, etc… Once every two weeks I evaluate my previous list and create a new one by taking those items not yet finished and combining them with new ones created from the journal entries.
These two items help keep me on task. It may not be perfect but it is what I do to keep my head from spinning off. I would love to hear some of your tricks so feel free to share. Post them below in our comments section.
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