http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/when-do-you-write/ Straight Talk About Your Writing Career Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:46:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/when-do-you-write/#comment-20 Sharon Fri, 16 May 2008 18:25:06 +0000 http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/uncategorized/when-do-you-write/#comment-20 RSS feeds and Twitter are a big distraction, Gwen. Sometimes I have to shut everything off so I can concentrate. I like RescueTime, too. It was a revelation. RSS feeds and Twitter are a big distraction, Gwen. Sometimes I have to shut everything off so I can concentrate. I like RescueTime, too. It was a revelation.

]]> http://www.getpaidtowriteonline.com/when-do-you-write/#comment-21 Gwen Fri, 16 May 2008 17:11:54 +0000 http://getpaidtowriteonline.com/uncategorized/when-do-you-write/#comment-21 I write in the morning too. I feel more motivated to get things accomplished and less distracted by colleagues/cats/callers. Late afternoons I find a nap is compensation for getting up before the usual time my alarm goes off. I hold off on most email/rss feeds until later in the day. Recently I started using RescueTime http://www.rescuetime.com/ to start tracking how I use my time. The biggest surprise was how much software configuration and management tasks eat into my day. Word crashes, security updates, troubleshooting. I write in the morning too. I feel more motivated to get things accomplished and less distracted by colleagues/cats/callers. Late afternoons I find a nap is compensation for getting up before the usual time my alarm goes off. I hold off on most email/rss feeds until later in the day.
Recently I started using RescueTime http://www.rescuetime.com/ to start tracking how I use my time. The biggest surprise was how much software configuration and management tasks eat into my day. Word crashes, security updates, troubleshooting.

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