I make constant lists. Getting interrupted, sadly, is part of my current job.
But getting back on track as soon as possible is vital to getting my own work done. I make a gross list at the start of the week, with 3 or 4 things I _have_ to get done that week. Every morning, before I start working, I make a list of 2 or 3 things I _have_ to get done that day. Every night, I check off the items for the day and for the week that got finished. as the day goes on, I have a running list of individual tasks. some are 5 minute tasks, some are 3 hour tasks. Every hour, on the hour, I stop whatever I am doing, and check to make sure I am working on the right task. I will close out of the current task (saving all notes, and closing all open files and browser windows), and pick up the correct task. and every 2 hours I take a 5-10 minute break, stand up and walk out of my cube, and talk to someone, or get a drink of water or a soda. And on the days that I just CANNOT get on track on the things I have to be doing, I pick up another TYPE of task that needs to be done. If coding isn't coming easy, I document. If I cannot concentrate on task lists, I look at design flaws. If css isn't flowing, I code a little widget. And on days where I cannot focus at all, I do data entry. > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:20 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > How do you do it? > > > > Tips and tricks? > > > > What do you use, lists? Reminders? Timers? > > > > I used to be able to sit down with a goal in mind and pursue it for hours > > at a time, but now I find my self wandering down every tangent that > > prevents itself. > > > > Look something shiny. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350069 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
