Simple Productivity Task Of The Day: Keep It In Your Pants →
There was a 2nd part to the advice/admonition I was given. It was “or we’ll weld your zipper shut!”
Learning to USE the tool, rather than letting it become part of some obsessive/compulsive disorder, is the important part. And with ever increasing attractiveness becoming a part of these tools, we have to be mindful about simply discovering them in our hands once again.
But your attention is a limited and precious resource. Those brief moments in-between active work and focus on a project are there to serve a purpose. Use these moments to help you stop and think about what you’ve been doing and what you might do next. If you fill every moment constantly fiddling with your iThingy you’re robbing yourself of the momentum and natural ebb and flow that will keep you productive.
I have been trying to be way more mindful of how I am using my few precious spare cycles. This is a great reminder of what not to do.
