I've just gone through and added all of the design blogs I try to follow to my Blogger Dashboard. Theoretically, I'll only have to check one location from now on in order to (1) catch up with all of you and (2) continue to keep up with the web design world. This will also remind me to post when I have some downtime.
Is productivity really just a result of how efficiently you can manage the different spinning plates of your life? In that sense, technology is a huge asset to productivity. And then Facebook happens—4 hours elapse and somehow the only thing you've accomplished is developing a creepily-comprehensive visual history of a person you had one class with in high school almost 10 years ago.
Blessing meet curse.
As a chronically over-committed person, I try to look for new things to keep productivity high and motivation active. One of the "waiting for me to get around to reading" tabs on my browser at the moment is an article entitled "7 Things Star Wars Taught Me About Productivity." Increasingly I'm learning that productivity has a lot to do with environment. Are you comfortable? Are you distracted? Are you cold? Are you worried about someone interrupting you? How do we harvest more productive environments?
I need a house. A 1-bedroom apartment is maddening. In the wake of uncomfortable lifestyle changes, I fear that I may have to move again. A studio apartment—though it is the only thing I can afford on my own—seems incredibly stifling to me. Living in this area is so hard to do.
One step at a time. No one is moving anywhere right now. Not yet.
2 comments:
I feel like I relate to you a lot, but NOT in the productivity sphere of life. I have like... 4 things I want to do every day, and if I do them, I am satisfied. It's good because I'm so easily satisfied, but it's hard to do something extra because I'm like "but I already did my job today!"
For the record:
Eat well
Run
move 5 miles
5 Tibetan rites
You know, I admire that though. Too many obligations, I would argue, is even worse than too few. You have very clear priorities. My trouble has always been prioritization. I give everything way more importance than it really needs. When everything is "the most important thing you have to do," where do you begin?
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