Do you ever feel like you are being pulled in so many directions, you don't know what to deal with first. I think we all have days like that. I know that I do. I work out of my home and with summer here, there are more people running in and out. It has taken courage and commitment on my part to set the boundaries that when I am working, I am not be be interrupted.
I even have to set boundaries for myself. It is so easy to say, "Oh well, I can do a load of laundry, or go solve a crisis for one of the kids. It will just take a minute. I won't lose that much time from work.........Then an hour later......I look at the clock and realize........I have not accomplished even half of what I had planned for the morning.
I also have more than one project that I am working on. And, each of them requires my full attention when I am doing it. Do you ever find yourself "multi-tasking" only too realize that even though you "completed" both tasks........neither one was your best work. I have found myself doing this lately. So, I have decided that the best way for me to handle the situation is to do block scheduling. I "block out" a certain portion of each day for each of my projects. And, most importantly, I have realized that if I also block out "play or relaxation" time, it does two things: It acts as a reward and it acts as an incentive because then the child in me realizes I am going to give her time to play so she doesn't have to throw a temper tantrum and sabotage my work day.
What can you do to keep your "marbles" in place???
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