Ever spent a whole day at work and not really accomplished anything? Read some email, factor in a couple of unexpected phone calls, toss in a few meetings. Before you know it, eight hours have passed and you haven't checked anything off of your list. You can always stay late (along with everyone else) but doesn't your family or your pet deserve some attention too? Didn't you promise yourself that you'd get some exercise? What about that book you never started?
I've found that my work time during the weekend is far more valuable than during the week. Why? Not because I particularly enjoy spending Saturday in front of a computer. It's because my perspective is totally different. During the week I feel an obligation to spend a certain number of hours working. Sometimes those are productive hours, sometimes they aren't. But I fit myself into the mold, whether or not it makes sense. On the weekend, however, I just target one or two discrete tasks. If those tasks take me five minutes, great! I walk away with a sense of satisfaction. If they take a couple hours, that's OK too. The point is that that weekend allows me to focus on what I'm trying to accomplish, not how long I spend doing it.
That's really what WorkWyze is about, too - allowing you to put everything else aside and focus on what needs to get done. It provides you with a 'work repository', a place to remember why you were hired. Why not give it a shot? Complete a Work Item. Feel that sense of satisfaction as it moves to your Archive folder. Maybe even assign a Work Item to someone else. Then go home and take your dog for a walk.
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