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If you’ve been following my blog for any amount of time, you know that I’ve got a lot of things on my plate at all times. Most of it is my own doing, but that’s one of the side effects of being so ambitious. One way that helps me keep it all together is being able to get tasks done, whether they’re large or small. Here are some of the ways that help me do that. Daily Routine Tasks Come First There are certain routine tasks that need to be done everyday, and I find getting them out of the way right off the bat is the best way to get them done, as it helps to clear my head for the rest of the day. In my case, I don’t have time for much of anything after work and the gym since I’m usually exhausted once I get home. My mornings usually consist of waking up, weighing myself (down 2.6 pounds today!), taking care of Barclay (he’s a hungry kitty), checking my e-mail, browsing the social networks, then getting to business on whatever task I need to be working on that day. Today’s also garbage, recycle, and yard waste day in this neck of the woods, so I took those out to the curb before sitting down and starting the blog. Once I’m done with this, I’ll go get ready for work. As you know, three of my days a week are currently taken up with this blog, but next week that all changes. I’m going to be doing a lot of site work through the month of June, so my weekday mornings will either consist of coding or working on music for the upcoming Philistine on the Sidewalk 4-6 song EP, though I’ll need to prioritize those tasks depending on which is the most pressing. Make a To-Do List Making a list of all the things that I want to work on or finish over the weekend is tremendously helpful for focusing my energy. There are usually a few prevalent things that are residing in my head which I know I want and need to work on, but I’ll totally space on doing lesser tasks if I don’t write them down. I’ll take about 10 minutes near the end of the day to write down everything that I want to get done the next day or on the weekend. I’ll do the most important thing on the list first, then work my way through. I don’t do this personally as I like to mix things up, but it can be a good idea to number each task and do them in that order. Save Previous Lists Until Everything Is Crossed Off The way I am, I put a ton of things on my list for the weekend (as I’ve said, my week is very routine-oriented) and will usually get 50-75% of them done. I’m usually happy with getting that 50%, but I still need to do that other 50% of things, so I never recycle a list until every single thing is crossed out. That way, I can bring over old tasks to the new list and take care of them accordingly. Do One Thing Not on the List I like this one because it helps get something done and it doesn’t seem like you’re only sticking to doing what’s on your list all day. Last weekend it was going through some of the Concatenation Records supplies and organizing them. It was something that was going to show up on a list in the near future, but it hadn’t made it to one yet, so it was a nice feeling to get a jump on something upcoming. Schedule Time for Fun This is something I’m notoriously bad at, but it does help to schedule at least an hour to relax and do something that’s not work-oriented. Unfortunately, this is something that usually shows up on that 25-50% of the list that I don’t get to. I guess I must have fun when I sleep. However, with a three-day weekend coming up, I have an extra day to knock out some of those put-off tasks and I may actually have time to unwind. Imagine that! Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on May 26th, 2010. |
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