Showing posts with label Work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Work. Show all posts

Constantly Learning - Harnessing Time and Staying Focused

Wednesday, October 10, 2012


You would think that after 28 years on this Earth I would have this time management and staying focused thing under control, right? Nope! You too? Yeah, time is tricky like that. It flies by just when we need it to stay still, and there never seems to be enough of it! I feel like I used to be pretty organized and efficient, but lately, my staying focused skills have been lacking. I can chalk it up to all the big life changes of late, but really, I know I need to take responsibility and accept the fact that how I currently work is well... not working!

Back when I first started blogging over at my primary blog, Sequential Crush I pretty much stayed awake as much as possible to cram as much research, blogging, publishing, and networking in between my full-time day job and all the other life stuff. It was amazing and exhilarating and I don't regret a minute of that period of hard work and dedication. But as awesome as it was, my severe lack of sleep took its toll. Since then I have learned that sleeping at least seven hours a night along with eating healthfully, exercising, and staying hydrated are major factors in being productive. Now that I seem to have that stuff down (more or less) I need to work on the staying focused aspect of things. For me, this means not checking my email every hour, getting sucked into my bloglovin' feed, watching puppy videos... you know how it goes. Since my time working on my projects is relegated to evenings and weekends, I really need to get better about staying focused and making the best of the time I do have. There will never be any more minutes in the day, but I do have the power to manage how I use those minutes!

How about you?
Do you have problems staying on task or managing time?

Surroundings

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Abandoned bicycles being
absorbed into their surroundings

Well, it's official. I'm a bad blogger! Over here at The Coziness Project anyway. Between work (and working lots of overtime) and Sequential Crush, there just doesn't seem to be much time left... for anything. I am so looking forward to my brother's visit in a week. Definitely need to see some family and take some time to just relax and enjoy my surroundings. Hopefully his visit and our adventures will give me some much needed fuel and inspiration!

The Past Few Days...

Wednesday, December 28, 2011


...have pretty much looked something like this. Lots of writing and lots of editing! I am starting a new contract job soon, so I am trying to get a big chunk of the book that I have been writing for some time completed before things get completely crazy! I am so pumped to finish this thing!!! Definitely one of my major goals for 2012! What are some of your goals for the new year?
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