Work productivity, time management, organization, tools and tips

Did you know that this week (April 23-29) was declared by the Center For Screen-Time Awareness as TV-Turnoff week?  Yep, it is.  It was off here yesterday, because the electricity went out.  Don’t count on for today, though.  It can be deafeningly quiet here and I like the background noise when I work. 

At any rate, when the electric went back on this morning, the first order of business was to boot the computer and that’s when I found Sharon Sarmiento’s post Going TV-free: Top 10 ways to cope at eSoup.  Sharon’s post was geared more toward dealing with the kids during a TV-free week, but it also applies to what we, being our own children, do with ourselves when our routines are broken.  Can we lose the computer and still be productive? 

We certainly can! 

It turned out to be a fine afternoon and evening.  Some sorting through thoughts and some list-making.  A little filing and organizing the desk.  Candles and conversation with my sister and niece.  Reading by flashlight. 

It wasn’t routine, but maybe that’s what made it productive.