To be fair, it's the system they use here at work that works so well for me. Tasks are all split up into realistic chunks and prioritised, and we have a meeting every morning where people are assigned stuff to do. Plus a weekly meeting for longer term planning.
It combines having everything divided up into individual tasks which I can accomplish without getting bogged down and get a sense of achievement and confidence from completing each day, with also having what I'm supposed to be doing exposed to other people so I can't hide away and store up things to stress about at the last minute.
I find completing a small bunch of tasks each day is great for my mental health - my to do list in this job is somewhat endless, but committing to achieving a bunch of measurable things each day means I focus on doing stuff, rather than worrying about all the stuff I still need to do.
I also make sure I do the things that require the most brain power first thing in the morning after the meeting, and don't log in to any procrastination tools (like LJ) until I've ticked at least one task off my list for the day.
I have also accepted that some procrastination is just the way I am, so I don't beat myself for doing it as long as I get a set of tasks done each day too.
It's probably much easier with a team around you working the same way, but you could try writing yourself a to do list each morning which has a small number of tasks, broken up into what you can achieve in say 30 mins to an hour, and posting it here (even if it ends up being private) and see if it helps. I think not setting yourself up for failure by challenging yourself to do too much is also very important.
(I'll stop here because I'm rambling but happy to chat some more about it if it will be helpful for you)
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Date: 2014-01-16 04:39 pm (UTC)It combines having everything divided up into individual tasks which I can accomplish without getting bogged down and get a sense of achievement and confidence from completing each day, with also having what I'm supposed to be doing exposed to other people so I can't hide away and store up things to stress about at the last minute.
I find completing a small bunch of tasks each day is great for my mental health - my to do list in this job is somewhat endless, but committing to achieving a bunch of measurable things each day means I focus on doing stuff, rather than worrying about all the stuff I still need to do.
I also make sure I do the things that require the most brain power first thing in the morning after the meeting, and don't log in to any procrastination tools (like LJ) until I've ticked at least one task off my list for the day.
I have also accepted that some procrastination is just the way I am, so I don't beat myself for doing it as long as I get a set of tasks done each day too.
It's probably much easier with a team around you working the same way, but you could try writing yourself a to do list each morning which has a small number of tasks, broken up into what you can achieve in say 30 mins to an hour, and posting it here (even if it ends up being private) and see if it helps. I think not setting yourself up for failure by challenging yourself to do too much is also very important.
(I'll stop here because I'm rambling but happy to chat some more about it if it will be helpful for you)