Now:
I just went for a run, and I decided to write this while I'm still feeling good.

I'm still procrastinating a little during the day, and I'm still keeping track of the time I spend every day. It feels like the more I track my time, and the more I actually review it, the more in control I feel of it.

My problem now is that some mornings I just feel like nothing makes sense. This morning I felt especially horrible. I felt like I won't succeed at anything ever,...

Switching Tasks
I felt I was more focused today than usual.

I did notice that I generally don't have too much trouble starting the first task of the day, but then switching to a new task, or taking a short break and getting back to the original task is hard.

I start the first task of the day with a fresh mind, and I feel like I've got a bit of momentum going into it, but then after about 2 hours is when I start to run into trouble.

If I have to...

Time maps
I've always had trouble writing down a schedule for myself. I just don't get a real feel for the time involved by writing "Errands 2-3pm." But if I draw a time map, I get a much better feel of how much of my day I'm scheduling for each activity. I guess I'm visual that way. Because of this I've also found time maps to be effective at taking a look at how I spend my time. Here's a nice lifehacker article about an easy way to use Excel to create time maps.

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Now:

Well, I guess that I once again thought this was going to be easy, but apparently it will not be. Today was definitely not very productive. I started of we a few solid hours of work in the morning, but when I took a break to get a glass of water everything fell apart. I didn't realize I wasn't using my egg timer until the day was almost over.

I spend the entire day thinking, "OK, I'll get started right now, but I have to check my email first.' "but I...

Now:

Well, I got a few more resumes in yesterday, but I had quite a few blah hours, hours in which I wasn't doing what I wanted to be doing.

I think this is one of the biggest things I want to change about myself. I want to be able to decide ahead of time what I will do, and do it. The problem is that I often don't consciously decide what I should be doing. When I do decide what I should be doing, I often get distracted by a little something worth investigation, and...