tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232114384513659463.post8522568593366538735..comments2023-07-09T06:44:35.282-05:00Comments on Flights of Fancy: Measuring ProductivityKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15877013222075908943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232114384513659463.post-15702425177966812692007-03-06T21:10:00.000-05:002007-03-06T21:10:00.000-05:00I too have encountered this issue. That type of a...I too have encountered this issue. That type of activity is not acknowledged in one's calculus of worthy work, usually. And yet, it seems to accomplish something.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I've yearned for some kind of stopwatch or time management software to help me quantify where the time goes. When there's a task to be done, time that disappears in this way is sometimes regretted in the wee hours or the skinny minutes before a deadline.<BR/><BR/>We're not likely to steel ourselves against encounters with people and somehow breeze by them, nor should we. It's sometimes simply necessary to avoid certain situations, because we know our own tendancies. A good example of this is checking e-mail in the morning- sometimes, it's best to just not do it, or restrict ourselves to scanning it for really crucial messages and then leaving it alone.<BR/><BR/>Hell, I have forgotten what kinds of question Karen asked of us. Perhaps I have made some comments in line with her flow..Barry Rawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850007605772886908noreply@blogger.com