by Cassie Howard | Feb 2, 2015 | Planning |
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you wonder “where did the time go?” and “what did I actually DO this week?” or some other variation of those questions? I have. Sometimes, when we work from home, it’s easy to get distracted by other tasks that may seem important at the time, but aren’t. For example, just a few weeks ago, I was working on content for a course re-launch, and I had to go upstairs to get my sweater first, because I was cold. When I was up there, I noticed 3 full baskets of laundry that needed to be folded and put away. They’d been there for 3 days already. So, what did I do? I sat down and folded them all, of course! My brain was screaming at me to get this task done, because it was SO important (even though it wasn’t). Without thinking twice, I folded the laundry and put it all away. It took me close to an hour. By that time, I had to leave the house to go pick up my son from school (and once he’s home, I don’t usually do any more computer work) - which means I didn’t get to my course content. All because of some stupid baskets of laundry. As you can see… it happens. I wish I could say that, after 7 years of running my business, that these distractions no longer phased me, but I’d be lying. Sometimes they do. What I’ve learned is that if I don’t have a list of weekly to-dos, these distractions seem to creep up on me...
