Happy & Healthy
7 THINGS WE NEED TO STOP DOING AS WE SPEAK
In an, otherwise very successful, attempt to avoid doing chores I came across an article in the Huffingtonpost.com. It was about things you had to stop doing right away and on the number one spot they mentioned going on the internet during working hours. It’s an extremely bad idea because you’ll be out of focus and it will cost you another 15 minutes to get back on track again. So no, no, no (insert my waving forefinger here) don’t secretly go and check out Facebook or your Net-a-Porter track and trace ‘quickly’, because there’s nothing ‘quick’ about it. It’ll cost you at least fifteen minutes. I decided to compare myself to the rest of the checklist because it’s so easy to write about the things that I’m going to do to better my life, but whether or not I actually do it…
1. Going on the internet every free minute you have
Guilty as hell. It’s all I seem to be doing. I’m going to quit right away. Does this include WhatsApp?
2. Respond to emails immediately
I always read the emails that pop into my inbox right away, but I don’t always respond right away. Unless someone is inviting me to a very coveting press trip, then I always respond immediately. But when you respond later, then the one touch theory (check it out here) is off. They always respond to all their emails immediately. It saves them having to read it again and it won’t build up their ‘I still need to take care of this’ list. So it looks like I’ve been doing it wrong all along. Can anyone help me to get rid of the email pop ups on my phone…
3. Meetings
Haha, looks like I’ve been one step ahead with one of these points. I hate meetings and I always quote a friend of mine who says meetings are for the talentless. And when I have a meeting, I make sure to give it another name. It whips out any form of creativity. Meetings. Bleh. Drinking out of plastic coffee cups, no thanks…
”So no, no, no (insert my waving forefinger here) don’t secretly go and check out Facebook or your Net-a-Porter track and trace”
4. Multitasking
And yet another thing I’m guilty of doing. Because typing and texting and Facebook and avoiding meetings and talking. A friend of mine, editor in chief of a magazine, recently asked her daughter what she thought her mother’s work consisted of. “Computering and talking,” had been her answer and yes, that’s multitasking. So it needs to stop. Why? Maybe you should ask that to the guys at Huffington Post because I don’t want to know the answer. I’m sure it has something to do with a lack of concentration. Hey, is that my order that just came in?
5. Eating too much sugar
Too much, too much, what’s too much. I think on these terms I’m quite alright. I don’t have to much of a sweet tooth. Fisherman’s Friends don’t really count anyway, right?
6. Using your phone in bed
Ha. Here’s another point that I have gotten significantly better at. I’ve been keeping my laptop and cell phone downstairs when I go to bed. There’s nothing important enough that can’t wait until the following morning.
7. Hitting the snooze button
Another bad idea according to the guys at the Huff. Because the rest you’re getting is a sham (although there are still advocates for it) and it won’t better your day. I never press the snooze button because I leave my cell phone downstair. I wake up, hop out of bed because I know how much I have to get done in a day. Pfff, thank god. Still on the right track in this life. How about you?
