Do you ever have those days where you sit down to work on the computer and you literally find yourself so entrenched in what you are doing that you cannot move, you cannot look away, you can\u2019t even get up to run to the restroom because you refuse to break your focus from what you are doing in the fear that you will never be able to get this focused again?\u00a0 If you say yes to that question then you totally understand what my day was like today!<\/p>\n
I woke up and immediately jumped on a conference call.\u00a0 Then I took out my computer and started on a sales contract that had to get finished, a design schedule that had to get to filled out, my final tax return filing that had to get postmarked by tomorrow, and one thing after another I just kept going\u2026it was like the most intense day of hyper-focus ever!\u00a0 I am not even sure my eyes blinked today as I was staring so hard at my computer screen!\u00a0 And this went on from early this morning until right now at 10pm when I am finally wrapping up my day with my blog for today.\u00a0 As painful as today was I have to say that I got a crazy amazing amount of work accomplished.\u00a0 And the best part is that I got through the two things I hate dealing with most in this world\u2026legal sales contracts and tax filings!\u00a0 Those two things are about as un-fun as anything in life to do, and they are especially painful for an ADD person who gets bored to tears about two lines into those type of documents.\u00a0 But the fact was that I had to get it done and I had to have it done by tonight, so I blocked everything else out and I made myself do it.\u00a0 And I am happy and relieved to say that I was able to finish the things that had to be done by tonight.\u00a0 Sure I still have a million other things I have to do, but at least tonight’s deadlines were met, so GO ME!<\/p>\n
All of us put off doing things we don\u2019t like.\u00a0 We find ways to avoid the unpleasant tasks that are not enjoyable for us to do. But when you can force yourself to face those unpleasant tasks head on and then hyper-focus on them until you get them knocked out and done\u2026well the feeling when you finally finish them is the biggest sense of relief ever.\u00a0 It feels great to get those things on your must do list out of the way.\u00a0 So today\u2019s challenge is to stop avoiding the unpleasant tasks you have been putting off, put yourself in a quiet room, and go into hyper-focus mode until you can get them finished.\u00a0 Then after you finish,\u00a0shut off your computer, go get a huge bowl of ice cream with your favorite chocolate and caramel toppings and don\u2019t forget the whipped cream on top, and CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT for the day!\u00a0 Now I am going to take my own advice and go get me some ice cream\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0 !<\/p>\n
Have a great day everyone.<\/p>\n
~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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