Get Organized, Damnit!

The only point to coming in Saturday is to get one thing done after another. Pure focus. No interruptions. And no deadlines either, really. You may have 10 things that should have been done, that were due last week - but chances are none of those items is due today, particularly. Today, as opposed to Monday. Except in very rare circumstances, no individual item actually has to get done today. That's the magic of Saturday. The weekend is a sweet window of suspense wherein you can bend time, and roll back the clock on the possible. If nothing else, a job e-mailed in late on Saturday at least shows some kind of dedication, even in the face of failure. Deadline failure, perhaps - but dedication win.

First thing you do is make a list of the first 3 things you're going to do, and then do them. One right after the other. No switching, no self-distraction boondoggles miscast as "multitasking." 3 things! Not five. Three. Just that focused, just that tight.

The third thing on the list is to make a list of the next 3 things you're going to do. And then you just keep knocking pins down and setting up new ones. One right after the other.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that blogging about focus and determination isn't anywhere on any of these lists. But, you know. Some things are just "assumed."