{"id":105,"date":"2019-12-01T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisabruton.com.au\/?p=105"},"modified":"2021-03-12T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:59:13","slug":"how-to-avoid-getting-distracted-when-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisabruton.com.au\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid Getting Distracted When Working"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had written \u2018write 4 blog posts\u2019 on my goal for the day. It was my batch day for marketing and let\u2019s just say I didn\u2019t get the 4 blog posts written. <\/p>\n

I found myself in a rabbit hole of researching new courses to buy on writing welcome email sequences, trying to onboard a new client and getting lost in my inbox\u2026 and then I had a new cool product idea come into my head that I wanted to start working on and then I was scrolling through instagram and saw a cool instagram caption that I liked and then I decided I wanted to write out some instagram captions\u2026 and well I hope you get the picture.<\/p>\n

As a business owner it can feel like there are so many tasks to do, yet it\u2019s hard to stay focused on the one task. I began batching my days and noticed a huge difference, yet I still struggled with what to do when new ideas came because I didn\u2019t want to forget them (and honestly it sounded more exciting than writing blog posts).<\/p>\n

I began researching new ideas and ways to do things\u2026 and that\u2019s when I came across Ashlyn Writes<\/a> parking lot method. It was a game changer, I do it a little differently to her, yet had to give credit where credit is due.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it works\u2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Have a notepad and pen (or a virtual one if you prefer!) by you throughout the day and anytime something comes into your head:<\/p>\n

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    Write it down<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Leave it and keep working on the task you are working on<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some examples of things I write down is:
    – A cool product idea
    – Some task that I need to do that I forgot about
    – Someone I want to send a message to and touch base
    – A resource to research
    – A blog topic idea or instagram caption idea<\/p>\n

    \u2026 this parking lot list can be anything and everything you want it to be. <\/em><\/p>\n

    Now the fun part: sorting through the list<\/p>\n

    At the end of the day here is what I do:<\/p>\n

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      Sort through the list and complete the tasks that don\u2019t take much time, yet are something that need to get done that I had forgotten <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      I put the ideas or big picture goal ideas onto my goals project braindump in Asana <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Everything left on the parking lot I either: leave it, schedule it, eliminate it, outsource it <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      For example:<\/p>\n

      Eliminate it – a course that I wanted to research\u2026 and after thinking about it realise I don\u2019t need right now, so I eliminate it<\/p>\n

      Schedule it – a task that isn\u2019t urgent, so I go to my Asana calendar and schedule out the task for an appropriate day (I use my batch days to help this) <\/p>\n

      Outsource it – for example a new email header for my email welcome sequence, I will outsource it to my VA to create one for me.<\/p>\n

      Leave it – I will write that on tomorrow\u2019s parking lot list if it\u2019s something I want to think about or don\u2019t have time to schedule it out; like to schedule a call with my coach and am unsure of my availability yet.<\/p>\n

      Give it a try and let me know how it goes! <\/em><\/p>\n

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      Pin for later<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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