13 October

These are the questions I have been given to answer for my journaling which I am going to use as a template for these posts.

1. How did I improve my capacity to produce results today/yesterday?
   Today I improved by scheduling my time fairly strictly and even when I was interupted managed to reschedule everything so that the urgent and important tasks got done first. Quite impressive really, I never do that!
2. What work habits am I now aware of?
   Doing things that feel like work that aren't actually productive in themselves; like reading RSS feeds and obsessively checking email.
   On a more positive note, when I am actually engaged in a task I stick to it and try to do it in a way that interests me - although I tend to curse a lot (might start a swear box!).
   Also I tend to keep notes in a number of places.
3. How do they support or restrict my ability to produce results?
   Doing things that feel like work as above allows you to procrastinate and feel like you're working when actually you're producing nothing.
   The more positive aspect means that I don't get distracted easily and I'm able to get through a task even if I find it tedious (and the cursing keeps people away from me! Note to self: this isn't actually a good thing even if it feels like it at the moment.).
   Keeping notes in more than one place is not useful at all - I neqarly lost an important phone number.
4. How did my schedule and actions match or not match?
   This is an even 50/50 - my schedule would have matched exactly if I hadn't got an important and urgent piece of work as soon as I walked through the door. As it was I still got a lot done, just not as much as I actually scheduled but I feel like I prioritised correctly.
5. Did I drift or produce?
   Today I produced! There was little or no drifting time at all.
6. Did I plan my results?
   Oddly, for such a positive day I didn't plan my results I planned the activity. I might need to work on this, but I'm early in the process so I won't judge too harshly
7. Did I produce the results I planned?
   As I didn't plan any results, er, no! As above, this needs work.
8. To what extent did I maintain a condition of completion?
   Er, wot?! I completed the tasks I had, I moved a couple of critical ones forward and don't feel bad about where I will be tomorrow. I guess this is a yes and a no...
9. To what extent did I behave like what I want is urgent?
   Not at all, nothing I really wanted got done today, though that sounds bad.