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A lot of people think that “I’m just sitting here thinking of stuff to do.” But what they forget is the fact that they’re not actually doing those things. They’re just trying to figure out what to do next. This is how we end up with a lot of thoughts that aren’t really there.
We at iStockphoto have been writing about the art of procrastination since the beginning. The reason is that it’s often easier to go through our day and come up with excuses rather than just working. This was something I realized a few years ago. If you’re sitting down to work, you’re more likely to come up with excuses than to just get it done.
This is why we should only be working when we’ve got stuff to do. If we’re going to procrastinate, why not work on things we are truly excited about? I use our productivity tool, the Focused Mind, to help me stay focused when I’m working on something that I genuinely believe in. Basically, its something like a blank page that I focus on.
It may help to know that a lot of people here don’t work from the moment they wake, but most definitely work from the moment they go to bed. We should avoid being this way though because it can lead to a whole lot of wasted time. When we work from a specific time, we can be more efficient and we can do a lot more stuff at once.
Its one of those things that people don’t realize is that you can actually get worse work done if you’re not as productive when you’re not focused. If you’re constantly distracted and not fully engaged in what you’re doing, there’s very little chance that you’ll accomplish anything. You’ll likely find yourself wasting time on things that are not important to you and not getting much done at all.
This is sort of a big concept that I can’t tell you much about but I can tell you that your brain is pretty amazing. For instance, if you were to take some time to focus on something specific and focused, you’d be much better at anything. The brain knows when to focus and when to not focus. What you do is sort of like putting on a suit and trying to do a puzzle.
I think the most important part of focus is not being able to focus on something for an extended period of time. I remember when I first started writing this book that I was working on a large manuscript for a book I was writing. I had an idea in my mind that I wanted to finish that book in 3 months but the book wasn’t getting finished in 3 months. Instead of finishing the book in 3 months, I started to work on it and the book never got finished in that time.
This is true. You’re better off focusing on something for an extended period of time if you’re trying to finish something. You can also write a book in a week, but you need to focus on it for a longer period of time.
Sure, if you want to finish a book in that time frame, you can. But that has its risks, and it’s not a guarantee that your book will be finished in a shorter period of time. Some people can finish a book in the same amount of time as someone who writes a book in a week. So in that sense, you can’t expect to finish a book in 3 months. It all depends on how much you’ve invested in the project.
For me, it was probably less of a risk than finishing a book because I already knew I wanted to write a book and I actually had a plan for one, so I was already a little bit ahead of my time in terms of having a specific goal and having the time and energy to meet the goal. But like most people, this is a case where you really can’t assume that you’ll get everything done in one month.