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pianoperformer · 08-01-2008, 05:11 PM

javed,

thanks; that may work. It is already a day-by-day thing, so all I have to do is assign some time to it.

I used to block it into sessions of about 30 minutes. the problem was that once 30 minutes would pass and it would be time to switch to another similar activity (switch focus, basically), well I would make an excuse to check my email real quick or just take a two-minute break, and that would last for an hour or more. I think I will start working as long as I want to, maybe with some upper limit.

Maybe if my lower limit is 15 minutes. I can say I just have to start this, and work for at least 15 minutes, and I can stop if I really want to.

Alternatively, the other thing I was thinking of is portioning off part of the day as just for work, that way unproductive activities can't come into the mix. I'm not sure if that would help me, though.

08-01-2008, 05:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
pianoperformer Love in Action (Mod) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,527	javed, thanks; that may work. It is already a day-by-day thing, so all I have to do is assign some time to it. I used to block it into sessions of about 30 minutes. the problem was that once 30 minutes would pass and it would be time to switch to another similar activity (switch focus, basically), well I would make an excuse to check my email real quick or just take a two-minute break, and that would last for an hour or more. I think I will start working as long as I want to, maybe with some upper limit. Maybe if my lower limit is 15 minutes. I can say I just have to start this, and work for at least 15 minutes, and I can stop if I really want to. Alternatively, the other thing I was thinking of is portioning off part of the day as just for work, that way unproductive activities can't come into the mix. I'm not sure if that would help me, though.