Remember when I blogged about my goal setting process for this year & how I was following along with Lara Casey’s series called Making Things Happen? Well, I’m still working on it. I’ve been dragging my feet a little…okay, a lot…which defeats the whole purpose of the MTH process. I’m not too far behind, though. I finished writing my goals by my self-imposed deadline of January 31, but have since come to a standstill. I wrote the goals, but have yet to continue on in the process with the best part…actually doing things in order to make those goals happen.
Lara is so awesome that not only does she walk us through the process of setting the goals, but she then pushes us through the steps to achieve those goals.
The 1st step is to “Clear the Clutter.” We are supposed to clear our homes, offices, minds & lives of the extra physical & mental clutter that keeps us distracted. Now, I am the QUEEN of distraction & procrastination…I’m pretty sure I have a touch of A.D.D….so, this is a major issue for me. I constantly allow myself to become distracted by pretty much anything; therefore, procrastinating on all of the things that really need to be done.
I’m supposed to make a list of the Top 10 things that keep me distracted, so that I can work on eliminating those things. I realize that the majority of you couldn’t care less about my list of distractions, so if you want to check out and move on, I get it, but I want to share them here anyway as a way to hopefully keep myself in check.
10. Food. I love food…thank God for a fast metabolism and good genes…sometimes I find myself daydreaming about what I’m going to eat for dinner…at 10:00 am.
9. Family. Don’t get me wrong, I love my family and am so thankful for them, but sometimes they can be a distraction…good & bad.
8. Friends. My friends are incredible and I want to hang out with them as much as possible, but sometimes I need to choose work over hanging out and I haven’t been very good at that lately.
7. Cell phone. No explanation needed!
6. Depression. Sometimes I get the blues, which causes me to shut down and tune out and I don’t want to do anything. Generally these blues are caused by #’s 4 & 5 on this list.
5. Worry. Worry is a huge distraction because it consumes my mind and I can think of nothing else, so I’m wasting time worrying about nonsense when I should be getting things done.
4. Fear. *See Worry.
3. Television. Even though I don’t have cable, I do have an antennae & sometimes I get wrapped up in Good Morning America, Live with Kelly & Michael and the Rachel Ray Show. I have to force myself to turn it off!
2. Internet. There’s just so much to SEE on the internet…it’s like quicksand.
1. Facebook. The absolutely #1 time waster and distraction for me is facebook. It’s terrible, but I’ve already made some effort to eliminate this distraction by deleting the Facebook App from my phone and I have to say, I love it. I love not having it on my phone! You should try it, too.
Ok, there it is. I’m trying really hard to beat these distractions and eliminate them from my work day…it’s not going to be easy, but I’m going to give it all I’ve got!
What are some of your biggest distractions? I’d love to hear!
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(Clearly, I’m getting things done in this picture with Ellie. We were super productive on this day.)
Happy Monday, y’all!
