Having a good day…DISTRACTION!!
My days are full of distractions — most of which are self generated. I have the attention span of a four year old. Working at home doesn’t help. *Studies show that 89% of distractions happen in the home. And working online doesn’t help the situation. The energy used to run the internet is fuelled by the curious websurfer’s need for constant stimulation and #instagratification.
I spend about six hours a day on the web, managing social media pages and creating digital content. For those who actually work and/or venture outside the home, I thought I might give you a quick glance into a typical day of the WAHM.
- Wake up.
- Attempt to go back to sleep because dammit, I don’t commute so why get up at the crack of dawn?
- Attempt to get up again but decide that a shower can wait until later. It’s not like I’ll see any actual humans today anyway.
- Cuddle with the kids in bed until somebody (me) gets elbowed in the face.
- Get up and put on “uniform” — jeans, flip flops, t-shirt, ponytail, lip balm,
- Perform morning tasks and shuttle kids to school.
- Coffee.
- Log on to computer and vow to remain focused.
- Search for a link to post on a client’s social media channel.
- Find a link about Myley Cyrus instead.
- Share the Myley link on Twitter.
- Get involved in a heated convo about the dangers of sitting on a wrecking ball naked.
- Go back to find that client link but check email first.
- Open the Groupon about unlimited hair removal for $99 and forward to girlfriends.
- Check personal Facebook page and update status.
- Like 11 friends’ statuses.
- Check twitter to see if the wrecking ball conversation is still going on.
- Check to see if anyone liked my Facebook status.
- Have an idea for a blog post and jot it down.
- Check Facebook groups for any new messages.
- Tweet out something HILARIOUS. Wait for response. Crickets.
- Go back into Google to find that client link.
- See an article about the cleansing power of breathing. Take several deep breaths and sit up taller.
- More coffee.
- Finally locate the link!
- Make a phone call.
- Vine myself making lunch.
- Remember that I didn’t actually post that link yet.
- Check blog stats.
- Check Alexa rating and wonder why it’s dropped.
- Google “How to improve Alexa rating.”
- Start to read the article but get bored and read a few of my own blog posts instead.
- Fix a typo.
- Fix another typo.
- Check email and star the ones to answer…later.
- Post a photo of the dog to Instagram.
- Write the title and topic sentence of a blog post and save for…later.
- Update to do list and look for things to check off.
- Check off nothing.
- Log in to Google Plus. Log out.
- Check LinkedIn.
- Contemplate sending a story pitch to a magazine, but watch funny newscaster bloopers on You Tube instead.
- Look for a photo to include with that client link.
- Edit the photo in Picmonkey.
- Edit a photo of myself in Picmonkey and post to Facebook.
- Finally post client link and the photo!!
- Look for another client link…..
- Repeat.
Basically, this clip from Vine sums up my average day perfectly.
*No such study but it sounds about right, don’t you think?
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