How would this schedule change the way you do student ministry?
QUALITY vs quantity, UX process.
Check email ONLY:
- 10AM
- 1PM
- 4PM
Send any time
Set email to check every 3 hours.
NO email on evenings.
NO email on weekends.
EMERGENCY? = Use phone.
FOCUS 1-3 Activities max/day
LOG 1-3 Succinct status bullets every day on team wiki
MINIMIZE chat
MAXIMIZE single-tasking
OUT by 5:30PM
~No excuses~
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WOW. A bit extreme for me (I'm a telecommuter, so basically ALL of my work is via email), but it's definitely intriguing ...
Out of curiosity, have you tried it?
Howdy again!
I completely agree with your take. I haven't tried everything. I don't think I could. I meet with a lot of people. Lots of moving parts.
The one thing I tried this week was single tasking and have found it very helpful to completing what I've started.
I minimized chat months ago. I would climb on Facebook and within 3 minutes have 6 chats going. I thank God everyday for the offline tab.
What are your thoughts?
I agree with you about chat -- I turned that off the day they turned it on on FB. I don't have gmail chat turned on either. There were already too many things interrupting me during the day! I have chat turned on at work because it's the quickest way to reach a lot of people, and we're supposed to be logged in all day. I still find it kind of irritating :)
I like the idea of single-tasking, but have yet to try it wholeheartedly. Actually, I think a lot of this makes a lot of sense, but am unwilling to commit to trying it myself. Couldn't tell you why that is!
The other thing -- at least at work -- that makes it hard to focus is the version of Outlook we're on now. Do you have the version with the "SpeedScreen" thing? It's the thing where a new email comes in and you get a pop-up in the bottom corner of the first few lines of the message. Some people find it helpful. I find it counter-productive. It's not like incoming emails aren't already intrusive enough as it is, right?!
One other thought, and this actually has helped my productivity (not to mention, my work ethic) -- I try not to use FB during the work day. I suppose if I were just using it to say "Happy Birthday" and check in with someone the same as I would via email, that wouldn't be so bad. But the fact is that once you get on FB, it's a whole lot easier to stay on and dink around.
The other reason I try not to use it during the day is that if I weren't a telecommuter, I wouldn't be able to -- we have it blocked from access in our home offices in NY/NJ.
I realize that your job is about 80 or 90% relational, so it actually might be more of a connection tool for you, but that's one small way I try to stay focused during the work day :)
I don't understand your talk of relational...maybe you could explain it to me Cheetoh...anyway, let me know. I am waiting on pins and needles!
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