Well, in part 1 of organizing my home office workflow, I shared how easy it can be to get sidetracked or feel scattered during the day.  Today I’d like to share steps that I have taken to improve my focus and productivity!

• Of course every meeting, talk or appointment I have goes on my calendar, I don’t want anything slippping through the cracks.  You don’t need to rely on your memory for anything-just write it down.
• On Sunday I look at my day planner to see what’s coming up for the week.  I then take a piece of paper and write my ideal week which would be the tasks that need to get done that week.  It might be a talk I need to write.  It may need to be blogs I need to write.  Whatever needs to be done.
• I also created a paper with times typed out and designated slots for certain activities that I know I need to do daily such as twitter and blog right here on DIY.   There are times that haven’t been filled in yet for the next step.
• I then look at my tasks on my “ideal week” sheet and choose the ones I need to do today.  I then fill in the time slots with those tasks.
• I account for time to take a snack break/stretch as I’m in front of the computer a lot as well as lunch time.

Now I feel like I don’t have to jump around so much checking emails and twitter and such when I can count on having a specific time set aside for those activities.   This doesn’t mean every task is going to take the exact amount of time I have alloted-it really is just an estimate.  But if I can stay close to schedule, I know I can get a lot more done in the day realizing I need to go with the flow a bit too.  I feel much more organized and focused now!

Part 3:  Time Wasters.

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