Just not enough hours in the day
Life has been getting in the way this week. Every time I think I can sit down and spend a couple of hours figuring something out or ... wait for it... writing a post..the phone rings, door knocks and I am given something that is going to fill those couple of hours. Now part of the problem is a personal quirk of mine, I have to work in silence. Half medical, my concentration is not what it should be and half just personality. Break the thoughts, the postit notes in my head and bang... it is like going back to square one. I suddenly see google analytics as my enemy. I hate every word I have written for a post and you guys are just being nice...
Resolution. Take a break. Take a deep breath. Go in the kitchen make a coffee and look out the window. (This is a me thing again). I start to feel chilled out. I can persuade myself that the remaining half hour I have can be productive. The world is not waiting for me to create the perfect blog TODAY. The world will still be there next week.
I hope this rings true for others and the next time they think of tearing their hair out. Chill.
Then return and do what you can. The world is waiting for you
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I suppose I am lucky. I love having music on when working. My advantage is I can turn my ears off when I want to and listen when I need a break. My interuption problems are Katie the cat who is a big moocher and loves signing on by walking on the keyboard and my brain that doesn't ever seem to shut off and so many ideas (often unrelated to my WA work) are constantly warring for space!
haha. At least my dog is too big to create havoc on the keyboard! She does have a habit of shoving my arm with her nose when she feels ignored though.
Deep breath! Exactly.
I am still working on a technique to create more hours in the day, but nothing seems to be working. This is something that will not go away and even as you hire "help" you still crave more hours in the day.
It actually isn't a bad thing, it means you are busy and working hard. It comes down to being productive during the times when you are working and removing the "waste" from your daily activities.
Yes I just wanted others to feel they were not alone when this happens. Nice to know it can happen to the best of us, even you, Kyle.
I know this situation. I can not type when I am preparing dinner. When I can, words do not come easily to write an article.
Sometimes I have days like this .. sometimes one after the other and I never seem to get anything done!!
Sometimes a rest is what we need though eh! :)
Chris
Very true, Chris! It is important to know when to just give up for your own sake. Just for a day or two though!
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This week has been difficult to carve out time for me too. It is nice to know I'm not alone.