DealDash Stays on Task
Time management is an important skill to have, especially if you have work and family obligations. Let DealDash give you tips on how to stay on task and get things done.
What are some of the reasons that you can’t seem to fit everything in your day? I have thought about what affects me, and the list that I have come up with is:
- Checking my email on my smartphone 20 times per day
- Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram
- People interrupting me when I am trying to work
- Not being organized enough
- General distractions
Your list of time management roadblocks might be similar to mine or completely different. The way to go about solving these problems is fairly similar though. Read on, and picture yourself taking these positive steps to staying on task.
Looking at my list of time suckers I can knock the first two off by being less glued to my phone. Do you have an email and social media problem like I do? Then set a reasonable amount of “reward” minutes that you can check your email and social media per hour, or after you are done completing a project. If you find yourself “cheating” and looking at your email and social media when you aren’t supposed to then you might have to take action and purposefully leave your phone in the car or in another room.
The next item I have on my list is people interrupting me when I am trying to work. Those people who I am referring to are my kids – but in your situation it could be your chatty co-worker, your spouse, or a friend who likes to talk to you while you are working. My answer to this particular problem is headphones. My kids have learned that when they see my big Beats headphones on while I am typing on my Chromebook that conversations with Mommy are off-limits. If a 4 & 8-year-old can learn this your co-workers and spouse can, too!
Next on the list is the fact that I am sometimes a bit disorganized. The papers and clutter are easy to organize with a few organizational items, but my main problem is disorganized thoughts. For this problem I actually text and email myself regularly. Trust me, it helps.
Finishing up the list is general distractions. Personally, this is the most difficult time management problem for me. Since I am lucky enough to work at home there are 10 different distractions going on all at once, from the delivery person ringing the doorbell, my phone ringing with telemarketers, dishes piling up in the sink, the list goes on and on. My way to combat this is making a “To Do” list every day with the most important things at the top. I might not get through the entire list every day, but it’s a step in the right direction.
If you would like to use some of my strategies to stay on task such as using headphones be sure to check out DealDash. You can get your very own Beats headphones at this link right here. If getting your things organized is what you think will help you then check out this link right here, it will take you to some items on DealDash that will help you avoid the clutter. Good luck and happy bidding everyone!
