Positive Procrastination
Spending too much time on Facebook, YouTube or Twitter?
How many times have you meant to open your web browser to check your university portal, only to accidentally drift off to Facebook? (If you’re like most people, your Facebook notifications are going to be sent to your university email – the email that verifies your University network.)
How many times have you logged into Twitter, meaning to just tweet some amazing one-liner you’ve got to share with the world, only to be distracted by the plethora of tweets in your news feed?
How many times have you jumped from YouTube video to YouTube video, wasting hours without end before realising it’s 3 AM in the morning?
Rather than try to fight the interruptions of procrastination, why not use them to your advantage? Interrupt your Facebook and Twitter news feeds by becoming a fan of, or following, the users of productive value to you. Decrease the chances of losing your focus, by throwing snippets of focus back into your news feed.
As for YouTube — try TED instead of YouTube. TED videos are perfect to watch during a meal. They make the perfect length for a meal, and even though they’re not likely to be directly productive to your current projects, they will most likely offer far better food for thought than a YouTube video ever could.
Start by making your procrastination positive today!
Tags: facebook, procrastination, twitter, youtube
This is something we’ve talked about before and I love the concept.
Big fan of TED.
Haha yes. I’m yet to put some of these practices in place myself.
Hence it’s in the “Ideas” category – not Advice / Experiences.
So true! The net can be like falling down a rabbit hole sometimes a la Alice In Wonderland :) Before you know it, you’ve lost an hour reading mindless stuff!
Like your ideas of turning it around on itself ;)
Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog <3
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