Distractions...

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  I usually keep it pretty organized and neat, but there are a few things I could toss since they are outdated.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. 

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