Macmillan Holdings, LLC How to stay on task even when people distract you. Kate Productivity I am glad I came across this podcast. Absolutely brilliant! Distraction is my biggest enemy and if these tips will work I will be thrilled to bits. You have organized my writing with outline ideas and if you will manage to keep me on track you will be my hero. I often work from home and my family doesn’t seem to care that they are distracting me all the time. I know that the task I am doing can be done in an hour, but it takes me two or even three as I am constantly interrupted and forget where I left it. Please advise how to deal with family distractions. Thank you. Kate from buy to let remortgage. http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com/dealing-with-distractions.aspx?commentid=17094#Comments http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com/dealing-with-distractions.aspx?commentid=17094#Comments Thu, 21 May 2009 21:23:38 GMT April Productivity I have a bona fide case of ADD and I also happen to be highly creative. That fun combo nearly cost me my job before I really got ahold of it. I'm a long-time fan of my paper organizer, and I actually have created my own page forms to help me stay organized and focused. One of the sections on my page is "new tasks" which acts like the notepad Steve described. I use it to make sure every little thing gets added to my master to-do list. Another is "distractions" where I jot down the things that pulled me off track that day. Over time, I saw a definite pattern and believe me, it was an eye-opener! http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com/dealing-with-distractions.aspx?commentid=15525#Comments http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com/dealing-with-distractions.aspx?commentid=15525#Comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:33:09 GMT Jessica Productivity Hi Stever, I thought you might want to know about this e-mail service that I use to help me be reminded of things at just the right moment. The website can be found at www.replylater.com. You just send an e-mail to the properly addressed e-mail address, and you get a reply reminding you at whatever moment you needed to remember it. I use it when I need to be reminded to send someone an e-mail in a few days, because then I'm sitting right at my computer with my e-mail open when I get the reminder. http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com/dealing-with-distractions.aspx?commentid=15517#Comments http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com/dealing-with-distractions.aspx?commentid=15517#Comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:24:02 GMT Florian Productivity Thanks for this episode. You might wanna check out the web application "Sticky Screen" by Jack Cheng: You go to this site and set it as your default starting page in your browser. http://www.stickyscreen.org/ Then you type in a quick reminder of your task today. So, when you open a new browser window, this message to yourself pops up and you might consider not to watch that ugly dog video on youtube. Even more details: http://www.jackcheng.com/stickyscreen http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com/dealing-with-distractions.aspx?commentid=15500#Comments http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com/dealing-with-distractions.aspx?commentid=15500#Comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:10:34 GMT Thu, 21 May 2009 21:23:38 GMT http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com/dealing-with-distractions.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us