I should call it a working Saturday, because I’ve spent a good chunk of the day doing just that. Still, I’m not there yet. I am not where I need to be in order to feel caught up and able to roll into the next week ready and active. I have a few more chores to cover on my end. Some of it involves getting ahead with a handful of classes, but the key area is getting back on track with the writing projects. My partner suggested a major checklist/calendar complete with dates. She is correct in that. She is usually correct in such things. I’m on that. I’m also on the way towards feeling especially good about the chances of hitting these marks. I need to settle into a daily routine that is routed in single action. In other words, I need to stop the multi-tasking and once I have that locked in, I need to kill the time wasting. Then it is on to a better physical routine. See, even in this statement there was growth. Normally I would try to tackle all three problems at once. This, as you know, is foolish. I did the research–not a huge amount, but enough to see the visual numbers of how bad multitasking is for productivity. This quote from lifespan.org explains it all: “Multitasking makes us more distractible and prone to errors. For example, individuals rated as high media multitaskers (number of hours using multiple devices simultaneously, such as watching TV while also using a smart phone or tablet) showed poorer attention on cognitive tasks. “
Poor attention on cognitive tasks ought to be the name for kryptonite for writers. Only through focus can we achieve. This too is becoming part of my way. I guess I’m on my way to becoming part Mandalorian and part Jedi. Equal parts, I hope. This can only be achieved through deliberate practice. So practice I shall.