Keeping Track of Your Progress
When you’re juggling a bunch of different projects, sometimes it can be difficult to keep track of them all, even if you write them down. The sheet of paper you write them down on may get lost, or you may just get tired of looking at it if long periods of time pass without being able to cross anything off the list.
I have said previously, too, that my intention was to finish my eCommerce site before I move on to any other projects.
The problem is that when I work on the same thing day after day after day, I get bored with it. Especially when you know what you want out of it, and what remains is a bunch of grunt work. It’s one thing to want to finish a project, but actually completing the project is quite another.
I think boredom hurts productivity too. I have to confess that I really haven’t put a lot of time into my eCommerce site since before Christmas.
I was okay with taking a holiday break from it, but the holidays are long past now! And, I am finding it difficult to get back into the swing of things. I end up fiddling around with it and not making much progress, because I am just so bored with it. It is far too easy to go blog hopping, using the excuse of, well, I’m learning new things! than it is to simply sit down and crank the thing out.
So, I think I’m going to take a short break from it, using the excuse of for productivity’s sake! I think I just need to work on something different for a while, finish it, and then have the satisfaction of completing something and then maybe I’ll be able to tackle the eCommerce site once again with a refreshed state of mind.
Instead of being mind-numbingly bored.
Plus, I really ought to get a comfortable chair. The fact that I’m uncomfortable sitting here working on things cannot be much of a productivity aid either.
Oh, yes, but this post was supposed to be about keeping track of your progress, right? Well, here is what I am doing, and maybe this will help you as well, although it’s not an entirely original idea, seeing as it is something Joanne* and others already do. As you can see, I’ve listed my list of projects in my sidebar, underneath the eBay ad. As I complete things, I’ll be able to delete them from the list. Of course, the “Other Blogs” is a bit vague, but maybe that will be a semi-permanent item, as I have lots of ideas for blogs but not as much time to do them.
And I think Mike will be glad to see at least one of those items in the list. Pete too.
*I’m hoping she gets back into the swing of blogging regularly again, soon, because I think it helps to have a blog sparring partner to keep blogging from getting boring as well.
Hahaha, just think of it as me evamping the definition of “blogging regularly”…
Your avatar done disappeared!!!