As you may have already guessed from yesterday, today was not a writing day! It turned out to be more of a socialization day than I anticipated, but in a good way, I think. I would have liked to write, but it didn't happen :/ Or at least it hasn't happened yet, and my hopes of it happening before I sleep are slim. Still, maybe I can pull something off...
Oh man, writing vs. distractions. Well, productivity vs. distractions. That is my ultimate battle of ultimate destiny. It rarely goes well for productivity.
What works best for me is to be in an environment that is removed from distractions. I cannot be near a computer. I also have difficulty with auditory stimulation: my attention breaks when there's words I can understand in the background. People talking, television, and music I can sometimes block out with varying degrees of success, but it really depends on the subjects. Bottom line, I can only really focus on one set of words at a time, and with my perfectionistic tendencies in writing, there's a lot of room between phrases for other words to break in.
It also really helps me to be out of the house/apartment, though just someplace quiet with a clear table/desk-height writing-surface will usually do. If there's a television or a computer near by I usually can't resist distraction, which is why "out" is helpful: there aren't a lot of places where I live with the appropriate writing surfaces and no electronics. A productivity office might not be a bad idea for me someday.
Anyway, for those reasons (among others), it is during my lunch hour at my non-flower-store job that I've been getting most of my work done lately. It has all the aforementioned requirements and zero to none of the distracting things ¦Db Though I'm pretty sure I could pull something off at the near-by mall (half taken-over by the local university, so yes, there's "study" space), especially if I get my time tables under control.
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Date: Sunday, May 8th, 2011 05:35 (UTC)Oh man, writing vs. distractions. Well, productivity vs. distractions. That is my ultimate battle of ultimate destiny. It rarely goes well for productivity.
What works best for me is to be in an environment that is removed from distractions. I cannot be near a computer. I also have difficulty with auditory stimulation: my attention breaks when there's words I can understand in the background. People talking, television, and music I can sometimes block out with varying degrees of success, but it really depends on the subjects. Bottom line, I can only really focus on one set of words at a time, and with my perfectionistic tendencies in writing, there's a lot of room between phrases for other words to break in.
It also really helps me to be out of the house/apartment, though just someplace quiet with a clear table/desk-height writing-surface will usually do. If there's a television or a computer near by I usually can't resist distraction, which is why "out" is helpful: there aren't a lot of places where I live with the appropriate writing surfaces and no electronics. A productivity office might not be a bad idea for me someday.
Anyway, for those reasons (among others), it is during my lunch hour at my non-flower-store job that I've been getting most of my work done lately. It has all the aforementioned requirements and zero to none of the distracting things ¦Db Though I'm pretty sure I could pull something off at the near-by mall (half taken-over by the local university, so yes, there's "study" space), especially if I get my time tables under control.