Comments on: Avoiding or Eliminating Writing Distractions http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions-15/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:40:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anne Wayman http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions-15/comment-page-1/#comment-345811 Anne Wayman Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:06:01 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/08/26/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions/#comment-345811 What a cool tool. Thanks... and you've got a point... sometimes I too just need to work through the distractions or let them be. What a cool tool. Thanks… and you’ve got a point… sometimes I too just need to work through the distractions or let them be.

]]> By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions-15/comment-page-1/#comment-345808 Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:16:13 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/08/26/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions/#comment-345808 I leave the distractions going because it doesn't matter if I turn things off or not - if I'm going to be distracted, I'm going to be distracted. The tool I've found that currently works (I say currently because once a tool becomes stale, I start ignoring it and need to do something else) is http://www.NowDoThis.com - it's super simple, but the big bold letters remind me to stay on track. When I feel like distracting myself, I flip to that tab and then go back to doing whatever the current task is. I leave the distractions going because it doesn’t matter if I turn things off or not – if I’m going to be distracted, I’m going to be distracted.

The tool I’ve found that currently works (I say currently because once a tool becomes stale, I start ignoring it and need to do something else) is http://www.NowDoThis.com – it’s super simple, but the big bold letters remind me to stay on track. When I feel like distracting myself, I flip to that tab and then go back to doing whatever the current task is.

]]> By: Definitive tools for Freelance Writing and Blogging | The Unjob http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions-15/comment-page-1/#comment-345810 Definitive tools for Freelance Writing and Blogging | The Unjob Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:15:35 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/08/26/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions/#comment-345810 [...] writing. If you find yourself constantly fidgeting for the radio dial or the remote while writing, this post should help you [...] [...] writing. If you find yourself constantly fidgeting for the radio dial or the remote while writing, this post should help you [...]

]]> By: Shevonne http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions-15/comment-page-1/#comment-345807 Shevonne Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:47:33 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/08/26/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions/#comment-345807 Great advice, and I needed it. Thanks! Great advice, and I needed it. Thanks!

]]> By: Anne Wayman http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions-15/comment-page-1/#comment-345809 Anne Wayman Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:45:29 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/08/26/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions/#comment-345809 yep, thanks... don't you hate it when you miss something obvious like that - blush yep, thanks… don’t you hate it when you miss something obvious like that – blush

]]> By: justelise http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions-15/comment-page-1/#comment-345812 justelise Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:53:52 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/08/26/avoiding-or-eleminiting-writing-distractions/#comment-345812 Don't you mean Avoiding or Eliminating in the title? Don’t you mean Avoiding or Eliminating in the title?

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