Comments on: 9 Ways to Finding Focus

By: Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » Streamline in 2009 I Did Not

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:36:46 +0000

[...] Kane’s lead in choosing one word to guide me through the year. Focus was my word for 2008. What I discovered about finding focus was interesting and quite [...]

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Middle Zone Musings » What I Learned From 2008 - Glenda Watson Hyatt — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:01:02 +0000

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Do It Myself Blog - Glenda Watson Hyatt » My Word for 2009 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:26:07 +0000

[...] Kane’s lead in choosing one word to guide me through the year. Focus was my word for 2008. What I discovered about finding focus was interesting and quite [...]

By: Do It Myself Blog - Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2008 in Review

Do It Myself Blog - Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2008 in Review — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:48:29 +0000

[...] most difference. I also discovered eight other strategies for finding focus. [...]

By: Tawny Press

Tawny Press — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:39:36 +0000

Very nice post. Since I read your post a few days ago, I decided to take a few suggestions and test them for myself. First, I reduced the time I spend on my networks, limiting my visits to early morning and briefly while I enjoy lunch.

De-cluttering my space. One of my biggest issues is keeping magazines, thinking I am actually going to read them all. Instead, I took a few hours, scanned each of about 80, and cut out articles of true interest. The remainder went into recycling. Now I have a folder with about 20 useful articles.

Breaking away from the computer was the best suggestion. It is amazing 30 or 60 minutes of laundry, dishes or even a walk with my dogs re-energized me. Some of my best design ideas came while walking outside with my dogs.

I use SnagIt for instructional design, but had not thought to use it for blog posts, viewing those as primarily text, which is funny to me since our industry is “visual”.

Thanks for the wonderful post.

By: Alex- The Blog Traffic Guy

Alex- The Blog Traffic Guy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:28:44 +0000

First time to your blog. I’m really inspired by your courage. It was huge compare to mine.

Thanks for the focus tips. Those are great tips and I find that limiting or closing off networking tool is one of the tips that benefited me the most. It has increased my productivity more than 5 times. when I first switch off my msn for few hours, I am able to focus my work and bring my blog to the next level.

Thanks for sharing. I’ll apply decluttering for this week and others very soon!

By: Cyndi in BC

Cyndi in BC — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:59:09 +0000

Great post, Glenda! I’ll have to check out your links tomorrow though, it’s time to relax with my knitting right now.

By: Karen Putz

Karen Putz — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:36:08 +0000

For me? Why thank you! Great tips here– I especially like how you split your screen– is that with Windows Live Writer?

By: Robert Hruzek

Robert Hruzek — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:16:41 +0000

Wonderful roundup of decluttering techniques, suitable for anyone, anywhere. Thanks for sharing your personal journey with us, Glenda! Your courage inspires me!

By: Avril

Avril — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:11:44 +0000

Glenda, this post is so very to-the-point in our increasingly busy and cluttered lives! I too find myself terribly distracted, and am always exhorting myself to Pay Attention and Focus. I’m going to print out your 9 points and hang them on the wall in front of my desk, to remind myself. And now I’m going to step away from my computer and do something else!