I have been in network marketing for several years. I am generally a very organized person. Lately I have found I am distracted more easily
than is my norm. The result? Obviously I am not getting as much
accomplished as usual.
I really MUST clean up my desk. I have several stacks of papers all over my “C”
shaped desk, a pretty good sized one.
Some of these papers should be filed away. Some have been there for so long that, in
reality, I will never look at them again or use them as I originally intended. Then there are those few documents that are
important and I look at nearly every day.
On top of my cluttered desk, I have bulletin boards on the
walls around my desk for the quick-reference items. Most of these I use several times a day. I usually keep it pretty organized and neat,
but there are a few things I could toss since they are outdated.
A cluttered desk, for me, causes cluttered thinking. As I have gotten older, focusing is a little
more difficult than it used to be. But,
when I accumulate this clutter around me, I really see a decline in my
productivity.
Then, there is that bad habit I have picked up of checking
my email way too often. When I open it
frequently, I get distracted from whatever I was doing and end up replying to
emails, etc. By the time I am done, I
sometimes forget what I was doing before.
If I checked it when I first start working in the morning, right after
my lunch break and again at the end of the day, that should be plenty.
So, I have now spelled out my problem, and I am fully aware
of the solution. So, as soon as I submit
this blog, I AM going to begin working on the clutter on my desk. On Monday, I will re-organize and clean up my
bulletin boards. Finally, and this one
is the most difficult, I must actually CLOSE my email while I am working on
other things so I won’t be tempted to check it whenever I see new email has
arrived.
My friends, I have just put my commitment in writing, and I
am telling all of you what I AM going to do.
By the beginning of next week, I will be cleaned up and more focused,
and I will back to being the productive person I like to be.
(To learn about Julie Klein's Home Based Internet Business Opportunity, visit http://julie.joinxpress.com?=blogger).
