I've had an epiphany of sorts. It's not necessarily the being distracted that's my major problem concerning getting projects done on time, although that can cause damage. I believe that the main problem is not sticking to a timetable. In many cases, I don't have a timetable. I'm not referring to when a project is actually due, but instead a timetable for each of the components (i.e. tasks) of the entire project. Not only do I need to set reminders for each part in Win-Organizer, I need to do the same thing in my Outlook Calendar, creating one for the assigned time period for that task, so that I can actually see the time lines in front of me. If I have more than one project that I'm working on at one time, I can also see the effect of trying to work on the two at the same time.
I think that using the pomodoro periods that I have set up will help to cut down on losing focus to something other than actual tasks/projects. Since the break notification is popping up every 25 minutes, that's an indication to me of where my focus should be/should have been. This is good since it seems that I can't get the various blocking software to work here. One of them mention on their web site that Windows 7 now does a lot of what their app does (meaning no updates on their end), so I should check into that as well.
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