It's 10:30. I've been up for more than 2 hours, but something's completely different. I'm slightly twitchy from withdrawal. I haven't given up caffeine (I'd be sweating and glossy-eyed by now if that happened). But I haven't opened up email yet today, and that's a little odd for me.
As I cleaned out my email before the holidays, I thought the 0 inbox was as far as I'd go for my new year's resolution. Instead I've decided to finish 3 tasks before allowing myself into Outlook this morning: read a whitepaper, create a core team survey, and write this blog post.
A month ago, I would have switched browsers 5 times in the midst of this. I'd have written 10-20 emails by now. But today, I have all 3 target tasks done and I feel focused. Which, when you're not a morning person, is quite a lot.
I'm hoping I can keep this email delay habit up despite the usual triggers - waiting in line for casual carpool, arriving at my desk in the morning, whenever someone else checks email in front of me... let's see how it goes.
Good work! Sounds like we had the same New Year's resolution :)
ReplyDeleteBravo, you're my hero. Keep it up and I'm going to try!
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