Productive/Procrastination

So, I have an admission to make.

I have not been very productive at work lately.

In fact, I have largely been the opposite of productive.

The problem? Distraction and procrastination.

So, I'm attempting to fix the problem (before it gets worse, or becomes a for real problem).

Oddly ironic, though, that I'm blogging this, and spent more than a small amount of time looking on the internet - lifehacker mostly - for productivity tips and such.

So, I'm still developing a strategy, but I have some ideas. I'm now going to link-dump. Maybe you'll see something interesting to you, but mostly, this is for me, so I can refer back to these links.

http://lifehacker.com/385592/create-a-crutch-activities-checklist-to-fight-time+suckers

http://lifehacker.com/380500/david-allen-on-the-curse-of-the-eternally-urgent

http://lifehacker.com/378062/five-best-gtd-applications

http://www.productiveflourishing.com/how-heatmapping-your-productivity-can-make-you-more-productive/

http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/

http://www.lifeclever.com/decimate-those-someday-projects-with-triangulation/

http://ptm.sourceforge.net/

http://lifehacker.com/338143/bolster-and-track-your-productivity-with-work-break-timer

http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-download/monitor-application-usage-with-rescuetime-324076.php

http://lifehacker.com/software/ask-the-readers/how-do-you-clear-your-messy-desk-308506.php

http://lifehacker.com/370187/embed-your-to+do-list-onto-your-desktop

http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/the-art-of-the-doable-to+do-list-270404.php

http://lifehacker.com/386037/provider-extension-integrates-remember-the-milk-into-thunderbird

http://lifehacker.com/367935/use-an-alarm-clock-to-keep-organizing-tasks-on-track

http://lifehacker.com/356906/track-browsing-habits-across-systems-with-8aweek

http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-firefox-extension/track-browsing-habits-and-curb-procrastination-with-meetimer-291405.php

http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/time-your-work-sessions-with-instant-boss-298550.php

http://lifehacker.com/software/timer/work-in-48-minute-increments-201004.php


I feel compelled to mention that this is not a clever trick by my subconscious, to procrastinate about work by blogging about procrastinating about work.... Also, I know that's a ton of links for stuff, and I'm not trying to give myself an unworkable anti-procrastination solution. Really I'm going for the spaghetti approach, where I look through all of those things, and try some of them to see what works.

I know what by biggest distractions are - my google feed reader, and D&D 4e forums. And wikipedia. My plan with those things is mostly to limit my time on them. I can, unfortunately, spend the whole day wasting time with those things. So, on top of reducing distractions, I also need plans for being better organized and more proactive... time management.

edit:

I noted my time-suckers. So that's the "less of", now a little "more of"

I need to do better about:

Cleaning out and keeping track of/organized with email.

Cleaning my desk and office area. It looks like a file cabinet hit a server rack at 200 miles per hour.

Using tools that I already have available to me to better keep track of projects, small and large.