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Do We All Need Work Schedules for Productivity?

Written by: Lynn Dorman, Ph.D., J.D.

Article Overview: Are you someone who makes to-do lists and your lists are still undone at the end of the day, week, or even month? Welcome to the “I can’t stay scheduled crowd.” You are in good company. Your mind is not like everyone else’s; so don’t try to be like everyone else. Maybe you do not need that schedule you are told you do need.

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Do We All Need Work Schedules for Productivity?

Are you someone who makes to-do lists?

Are your lists still undone at the end of the day, week, or even month?

How about those New Year resolutions last January 1? Kept those?

Do you block out a schedule of time to “do” things and then spend your time on a task not on your list?

If you said “no” to the 2^nd or 4^th question or “yes” to the 3^rd - this article is NOT for you...But if you made those lists, schedules and resolutions and did not follow through – please read on.

Welcome to the “I can’t stay scheduled crowd.” You are in good company. Your mind is not like everyone else’s; so don’t try to be like everyone else.

When I tell myself it is time to do something - a little switch in my head says – uh maybe not – wait til you feel more inclined. Sometimes I even hear a loud NO!

The problem, if it really is a problem, is that my mind has its own inclinations as to what it might want to do – and it runs through scenarios like:

take a walk?

read?

hang out on Twitter?

take pictures?

finish videos?

write articles?

work on the e-book?

This used to concern me and absolutely annoyed some friends. I could not do what was on my schedule and I felt like something was wrong with me because unfinished tasks are supposed to haunt a person [Zeigarnik effect] and only a few of mine did. Completing a whole scheduled list of tasks by crossing them off was supposed to make one feel successful or something. In fact, forcing myself to finish what was on a schedule made me feel awful and took a toll on my productivity overall.

I finally figured out that my mind is not linear. It scans the environment including itself and goes off on its own streaks. I follow along, as it can be sort of fun. And, do you know what? When I let my mind do its own thing –more seems to get done. And what I wind up completing is infinitely better than what I started out thinking I was going to do.

It’s taken me a long lifetime to figure this out and accept that I am different. Since I made this major mental shift I’m no longer fighting internal mental battles about schedules and I have been much more productive.

I do not need a schedule to be productive and maybe you do not need a schedule to be productive either.

It’s something to think about.

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About the Author: Lynn Dorman, Ph.D., J.D.
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I am a "scanner" who has advanced degrees in Psychology and the law [Ph.D.; J.D.], lived and worked in many places - and has developed many areas of expertise in business and in life.

Starting life as a New Yorker I moved away for graduate school but still think of someday returning "home." But I now live in a house that floats on the Columbia River and am loving Oregon - hence a fun dilemma.

I write about my life on Gray Wolf Productions and its related sites; grow older better and Parenting 201. I nudge, coach and consult as a way to help you help yourself - because only you have the answers to your issues. I offer advice and information and ask questions - you do the rest by making intelligent informed decisions.

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