Time Distractions
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During your scheduled work time, you must develop the ability to concentrate on work. In a home office environment, there are endless distractions and disruptions that can seem all too tempting. Be careful, though: once you leave your office “just to wash the breakfast dishes,” you’re likely to find yourself still in the kitchen at lunch time, reorganizing the cabinets and wondering where the morning went.
In addition to sticking to your schedule, there are a number of other things you can do to help eliminate work-eroding distractions:
- Choose any “can’t miss” daytime television shows and set up your VCR or DVR to record them. Plan to catch up in the evenings or on weekends.
- Uninstall solitaire, minesweeper, and any other time-draining games from your work computer. That’s right—take them right off!
- Enlist family members to help with household chores, so you don’t have to do it all yourself.
- Resist spur-of-the-moment invitations for lunch or coffee breaks with friends. Let them know you’re working, and offer to schedule a get-together ahead of time.
- Invest in an mp3 player or a good set of headphones for your computer. Create playlists or listen to Internet radio stations while you work to help tune out distractions.
- Plan and prepare dinners ahead of time. You can batch-cook on the weekends and freeze dinners for fast preparation during the week.
- Stock up on fast, convenient and healthy lunches for yourself to take advantage of as much school time as possible.
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