So if you didn’t notice this week I have been extremely lazy in updating my blog. It’s not because I have a ton of work or anything like that, it’s just because I have been lazy and unmotivated. It has been really hard to get motivation lately, the weather has been horrible here and traffic hasn’t been great on my sites. But I can’t just give up and stop working, this would mean I would have to go out and find a real job and I’m not trying to do that! So I’m going to start to log my work hours. This way I can track how much work I am really doing.
I hope to do around 5 hours of work each day. Some days it seems like I am doing work all day, but really I am doing a few hours so logging the REAL work hours should help me stay focused. If I was working a real job I would be working 30-40 hours a week, and right now I’m not working anywhere near that mark. If I want to see my online income increase I need to start working harder, not just enough to get me by. Hopefully by logging my hours it will help me stay focused and I will end up getting more work done.
This past weekend I attended Pittco’s Iron Strom 7 LAN party. I have been going to LAN parties since I was 14 or 15 so it was nothing new for me. One thing that was different was that I used to be on Pittco staff. Because I have been so busy with work I decided to not be on staff for the past 2 parties. So it was cool to experience Pittco as a gamer, not at as a staff member.
Pittco was held at a local fire hall, which has the perfect setup for a LAN. I went with my friend Sebastian and met up with some other LAN friends. It was a great time and gave me a chance to actually get some gaming in because I rarely play games anymore because of working so much. We ended up joining the Counter-Strike: Source tournament just for fun and we ended up getting second place! It was cool to play CS:S competitively, I haven’t played it like that in years and it brought back some good memories. The LAN party was a great chance to have a lot of fun and see old friends again. I will for sure be at the next Pittco! Check ThinkGaming this week for a full article about the event!
A while ago Leo tagged me in a blog post. He has listed 8 fun facts about himself. Of course I knew that he was a ninja. Look at those tattoos, he was either a ninja or a member of the Triad. Anyways here are the rules…
- Each player must post these rules first.
- Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
- People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
- At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
- Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
Ok so here are 8 fun facts about me…
1. I’m the only one in my family to go to college, and man it was a waste of time.
2. I have really bad allegies, my eyes used to swell shut!
3. My favorite music has to be trance.
4. I LOVE STEAK, especially the 40oz kind!
5. I own a Wii, Xbox 360, and a DS lite.
6. I’ve said this one before, but I eat salads plain, everyone thinks I’m some weirdo because this.
7. I’ve watched well over 500 movies, I try to watch 1 movie a week, it’s a good way to relax.
8. I LOVE hockey and I think anyone that says a sport like baseball is better should be punched in the face!
Ok tagging time…
David Lithman, Business Twins, Ashwin Khanna, Jon Waraas, Sean, Michael Kwan, Niko Lupala, and Thomas De Maesschalck you have been tagged!
Web 2.0 communities and networks are all over the place now. There are tons out there, some for personal use and others for business. Before web communities there were online forums, now they are websites that are dedicated to the specific niche community they represent. So below I have listed the web 2.0 communities I am a party of. I’m sure you have heard of some of them and probably are part of at least 2 on the list below.
Myspace
Facebook
Flickr
Digg
YouTube
Technorati
Windows Live Spaces
Pownce
LinkedIn
MyBlogLog
Last.fm
Feel free to add me on any of these communities. Also if you know of any communities that you think are worth joining let me know!
One of the biggest problems I have is that I think too much. When I am working on something I will be thinking of what I need to do next, a day later, or even a week later. All of this thinking makes me less productive and can even stress me out at times. Sometimes I will end up working on something that does not have to be done for a few days instead of working on what needs to be done that day. Lately I have been not thinking as much ahead and just taking things one step at a time.
What I mean by taking things one step at a time is literally that. Once I finish one task and only then I go to the next. This is quite a basic method of doing things, but it works well.
Make Lists
First you need to know what your tasks are before you can complete them. Usually I make a daily task list and have ordered in the order that I need to complete the tasks. This way I know what I’m doing and I have a clear cut path to get everything done. Lists also help you keep on task if you are easily distracted.
Different Parts
What I do with my task list is separate it into parts. So I have a morning, afternoon, and evening part of the list. This way I’m not working straight through all of my work, which can be very stressful. Between each part of the list a take a break to relax, go do something with friends, just anything except for work. So when I start the next part of the list I’m not exhausted from previous work.
Force Yourself
Sometimes I look at my list and I want to do the easy things on the list first, then I end up never getting the harder ones done. By forcing yourself to stick to the list order and only doing 1 task at a time you end up being more productive, because you are getting everything done that needs to be done, not just the things you feel like doing.
By doing things one step at a time I really make doing work less stressful. The main reason for this is that I don’t have hundreds of things on my mind at once, only the specific task I am working on.
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