Are you a clock watcher?
Are you a clock watcher?
We all do it sometimes. Instead of focusing on the task at hand, we steal glances at the clock every few minutes, thinking ahead to what we’d rather be doing and when we can leave to go do it.
If you do that, though, then you know that watching the clock does exactly the opposite of what you hope it will. Time passes more slowly, and what you have to do seems even more tedious than before.
So how do you get out of the clock-watching trap?
It’s simple: make yourself be present in what you’re doing. Even if all you’re doing is entering a bunch of addresses into a database, there’s pleasure to be found in being present and doing something as well as you can.
Turn your clock around (or hide the clock icon on your computer desktop) so that you can’t keep glancing at it. Just focus on the task at hand. Think about your task and how you can do it to the best of your abilities. Then do it! If you stay present in your task, you’ll work better, enjoy it more, and then? Voila–the time passes faster, and you’re done!
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