Merlin’s weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.
Dealing with Personal vs Business Actions
Scottw | Mar 1 2007
For nearly 3 years, I worked second shift, 3-midnight. I was used to taking care of personal "next actions" (while I didn't use GTD then) during my off-time. Now that I am working 8-5 from home, I am having issues juggling "next actions" for things that need to typically be done during regular business hours (like calls, etc) with my work related projects. Even computer issues that might be "business" related, but not really client focused (ie, paying tasks) seem to cause much grief. Does anyone else have/had this issue and how do you deal with it to get success in your days, and keeping focus. I have ADHD, so I'm limping along in focus most of the time. I do take meds, but not 100% effective. 7 Comments
POSTED IN:
 The 48/12 method has been...Submitted by Scottw on March 7, 2007 - 9:49am.
The 48/12 method has been good. It actually buts a TIMER on my day, and allows me to take advantage of break things up into time contexts. So, if I have 10 minutes left in my 48 min period, I can choose a 10 minute or 5 min context item to tackle in the time left. It also gives me "hope" of working on other tasks throughout the day, allowing me to mentally put things off until those times. However, the 48 mins go really fast typically, and the 12 mins seems kinda long, but there are times where it seems short. I have on many occasions, just renewed the 48 min period again skipping the 12 min break. Not sure the 48/12 is a good time frame, might do a 60/15 or so, will have to play around. Found a great timer application for Mac. (might have a pc version on their site, I don't know). http://www.phg-home.com/index_mac.html Works PERFECT for a timer. » POSTED IN:
|
|
| EXPLORE 43Folders | THE GOOD STUFF |
