The combination of cubicle, no computer, timer, and internet blocker works well so far to keep me off the web. I worked up to 8 hours of concentrated work a day. (I started at 2!)
Once the system falls apart, it all falls apart—today was a snow day, blizzard, roads closed, so I decided to work from home, and today has been pretty much a failure. I’m observing that I really don’t like the way this feels. I’ll have to take a hit on my productivity scores and that makes me NOT want to repeat the experience.
Kibotzer is too crowded for everyone who wants to create an account, so that didn’t happen.
“Extracurricular” goals—diet, exercise, and neatness/errands—have been great, and this improves my quality of life enormously.
Tracking goals is quite motivating and gives me a little “buzz” when I do well.
Optimism is through the roof, at least for now. Today marks one week without serious despair.
Related to “tracking goals”, I found that tracking my time helped both target better uses/efficiency as well as keeping me on task. I, too, can relate with the “buzz” of doing what I was supposed to be doing. The tracking effort provided some “self-policing” which assisted in that!
Update, about two weeks in:
The combination of cubicle, no computer, timer, and internet blocker works well so far to keep me off the web. I worked up to 8 hours of concentrated work a day. (I started at 2!)
Once the system falls apart, it all falls apart—today was a snow day, blizzard, roads closed, so I decided to work from home, and today has been pretty much a failure. I’m observing that I really don’t like the way this feels. I’ll have to take a hit on my productivity scores and that makes me NOT want to repeat the experience.
Kibotzer is too crowded for everyone who wants to create an account, so that didn’t happen.
“Extracurricular” goals—diet, exercise, and neatness/errands—have been great, and this improves my quality of life enormously.
Tracking goals is quite motivating and gives me a little “buzz” when I do well.
Optimism is through the roof, at least for now. Today marks one week without serious despair.
Related to “tracking goals”, I found that tracking my time helped both target better uses/efficiency as well as keeping me on task. I, too, can relate with the “buzz” of doing what I was supposed to be doing. The tracking effort provided some “self-policing” which assisted in that!