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In the discussion thread: Does anyone have any pointers for staying on task while underemployed? [View all]

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Tue May 29, 2012, 10:42 PM

lonestarnot (71,133 posts)

41. A written schedule, on-line classes, make lists and find satisfaction in striking when completed.

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43 replies	Author	Time	Post
Does anyone have any pointers for staying on task while underemployed? [View all]	XemaSab	May 2012	OP
I hand-write a list in the morning. Even the piddly, stupid stuff goes on it as well as the enoyable	riderinthestorm	May 2012	#1
To do lists work for me too, although I don't put everything on them.	Gormy Cuss	May 2012	#4
What type of contract work?	discntnt_irny_srcsm	May 2012	#2
I hate to say it because my posts are almost always train of thought but	XemaSab	May 2012	#15
I know I would be more productive if I'd just	LiberalAndProud	May 2012	#3
This should be a DUzY (of the ouroboros type, I think :) - n/t	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#9
First I had to google Ouroboros, damnit.	LiberalAndProud	May 2012	#14
Is moving an option?	randome	May 2012	#5
My daughter just took a job 2000+ miles away. Even doing ALL of the moving herself, it cost @ $5k	riderinthestorm	May 2012	#8
I know where you're coming from. And I agree.	randome	May 2012	#11
I worked a few times near DC.	discntnt_irny_srcsm	May 2012	#19
Ooh! I'm going to forward this asap to her!	riderinthestorm	May 2012	#22
What area is she near?	discntnt_irny_srcsm	May 2012	#26
McLean Virginia. She's looked at a couple places in Leesburg but I did forward your suggestion last	riderinthestorm	May 2012	#33
There is...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	May 2012	#35
I don't watch TV and I recently	XemaSab	May 2012	#16
or the computer. or open a book.	HiPointDem	May 2012	#24
Right now I am still in the "reading" phase of the research	XemaSab	May 2012	#29
how did this turn into a thread about moving to find work?	magical thyme	May 2012	#34
I have similar issues...	octothorpe	May 2012	#6
damn	hfojvt	May 2012	#7
There are Big Things to do in the yard	XemaSab	May 2012	#17
I try to arrange it where the small tasks add up or "stay done"	bhikkhu	May 2012	#28
Word	XemaSab	May 2012	#30
Solitaire.	HopeHoops	May 2012	#10
When I have personal projects I want to work on	mythology	May 2012	#12
Get married.	Tierra_y_Libertad	May 2012	#13
ways to get visibility on accomplishments	NJCher	May 2012	#18
Try writing a book.	discntnt_irny_srcsm	May 2012	#20
I have a job in which I'm very much underemployed.	SheilaT	May 2012	#21
.	XemaSab	May 2012	#23
Ah, you have a private-sector writing fellowship. Next thing you know, they'll make	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#27
A private-sector writing fellowship! I LOVE it.	SheilaT	May 2012	#38
Yeah, I've never quite gotten the hang of purely electronic revision. There's	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#39
I can always do a first draft on the computer, and some revisions	SheilaT	May 2012	#40
Tee-hee-hee. During a slow summer once, while at a very dull job working	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#42
Ifd I had a real writing/editing job, I'd have to be working while on the job.	SheilaT	May 2012	#43
Good for you.	truedelphi	May 2012	#31
Are you looking for a job with more hours? That would take your free time.	Honeycombe8	May 2012	#25
I have the same problem.	wildeyed	May 2012	#32
I took Spanish at the JC	XemaSab	May 2012	#37
sometimes rewarding myself with a brownie works	magical thyme	May 2012	#36
A written schedule, on-line classes, make lists and find satisfaction in striking when completed.	lonestarnot	May 2012	#41

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