I was out on my morning walk and noticed a girl plucking her eyebrows as she waited for the bus. Now I am not suggesting that we all pluck our eyebrows on the bus or 
subway but you have to admit, she was making good use of her time. She had a few minutes before the bus came, the equipment she needed was small and compact and it obviously made sense to her at the time.
I am also not suggesting that we cram our days so full of tasks and jobs that we reach the end of our day breathless and exhausted. I know that there are times when I am in the groove and get a lot done. There are other times when I am not as productive. Sometimes my ineffectiveness is the result of the actual job I am doing. I am easily distracted, don't really want to be doing it or am simply not organized enough to get it done efficiently.
Often I can attribute my productive days to my being more organized, having everything that I need at hand and feeling truly excited about getting it done.
Like the tides, our energy and enthusiasm can ebb and flow. Now I have heard some say that we should just plow through even though we are not feeling motivated. I prefer to acknowledge the ebb and not force myself into spending time doing a project when I know it is not the best use of my time.
However if there is a specific project that I am continually putting off, I ask myself what is going on. What is in my way? Am I afraid or worried that I won't do it well enough or that I don't know enough? Am I waiting until I have everything else done before I start? Sometimes I do what is easy rather than what is important.
Do you make the best use of your time??
