Reclaim 75% of Wasted Net Time With a Daily Ritual


	Reclaim 75% of Wasted Net Time With a Daily Ritual

anpl32

7-12-2007 8:23 PM

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internet, howto, habits, time management

anpl32 says:

a habit is "like a car. If it is well cared for it can stay in good shape, but it will still probably need occasional tune-ups to function perfectly."

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/09bce7e8-a8e5-4e0a-8727-273b40e7218b/A2EFD3F7-F5E1-435D-84B4-6E5C7FB37929/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/" href="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.scotthyoung.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/"><STRONG>1) Make it Daily</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/">Find a specific time of day you will leave for internet time.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/">The point is that the ritual happens just once a day at a time that is familiar to me.  Consistency is crucial when making a pattern of behavior</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/"><STRONG> 2) Prioritize</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/">Write down on a piece of paper the numbers one through ten.  Use this list to prioritize the importance of  various sites, inboxes and forums you visit.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/"><STRONG>3) Queue It Up</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.scotthyoung.com/img/11080E5E-EEBA-4EAF-8154-C70AFDDCAC27" alt="Prioritized Net Ritual" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/">queue up all the places I will visit along my browsers toolbar.  This cuts out time typing in address names or searching for a specific part of a larger site.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/"><STRONG>4) Set a Time Limit</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/">Setting a time limit combined with a prioritized queue means that anything I don’t have time for wasn’t a critical process.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/"><STRONG>5) Group all Internet Activity into One Point</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/">Grouping all your net activity onto your daily ritual keeps it from creeping out and stealing time from your day.  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/"><STRONG>
6) Make it a Habit</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/11/reclaim-75-of-wasted-net-time-with-a-daily-ritual/">Take out a thirty day trial to help reinforce your new internet ritual.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A2EFD3F7-F5E1-435D-84B4-6E5C7FB37929/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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