Brushing Off The Dust
Subtitle: Avoiding Burnout.
Since I’ve been very active and consistent in social media, I think I should supply an explanation of my absence – this blog, Twitter and Facebook. So here it goes…
What I want to believe is that I’ve been busy with multiple projects, and would like to jot that down and be done with this post. But for those who know me, know that I thrive in multitasked environments and am very happy spinning a few plates at once. Truth is that I underestimated the girth of one task, and combine that with some challenges in other areas I had no choice, but to drop a few things in order to complete others.
By no means am I beating myself up here…far from it. I’ve avoided short-circuiting myself by putting a few things off, and in that time benefited by taking an inventory and evaluated many of the things I’m involved in. This was a great way to prioritize and focus on what matters most.
That’s the short story. There are many more details of course, but I’ll spare you the excruciating details.
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Welcome back Brother. I appreciate your approach – burning them at both ends eventially leads to mediocre performance on all fronts. See you online!
@Miguel A. Corona
Thanks. Good to be back.
I thought I left a comment but it didn’t appear..let me know if I need to re-post, Louis.
Louis:
Great to hear from you. As you know, I am a big fan and frequent visitor of your blog. I also, at times, feel the same way you do. I try to look at my tasks/to-do/activities as “projects”. Each project has a priority level in my life.
Some of my “projects” are: Family, Personal health, personal continuous education/training, personal branding, Uber Operations, Latino movement, Emerging technology, my personal expert network, and I am sure I am missing a few…each one of these has a different priority for me…obviously family and health are the most important in addition to faith but for example, my income producing job takes a bigger portion of my time as it provides the means to do other things like LISTA, STEM, speaking engagements and other volunteering opportunities. The interesting thing is that many of these overlap…for example, volunteering could potentially help my income producing “project”….
Now, with all these “projects” in my life, its important every once in a while to step back and analyze each one and re-prioritize if needed. I use a piece of scratch paper (I’m trying to use Evernote now) to lay out the things that I am working on and ask:
- why am I working on this?
- short-term and long-term benefits?
- how am I helping others?
- where in the priority list is this project?
- is this project allowing me to make a difference in this world?
- completion date?
Another thing to consider is that in life there are curve balls…unexpected events that force us to make adjustments, drop projects as you mentioned in your post or place a project or two on the back-burner. I have realized that its OK to do that….and its important to be flexible and understanding. (easier said that done in my personal experience)
Also, remember that there are people in your network that can help you. There are times where I am very busy and I am stuck on solving a problem. I push to figure out a solution and nothing happens and I get very frustrated..that’s when I pick up the phone, log in to Skype or just email a member of my Network of Experts and ask for help.
(more info on my Network of Experts: http://blog.eduardogonzalezloumiet.com/?p=843)
This is a good blog post from Chris Brogan that touches several of the points being discussed here: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/stay-on-target/
Feel free to let me know if I can help, cause when I need help, you will be one of the first I will contact.
Best,
Eduardo Gonzalez Loumiet
@gonzalezloumiet
@Eduardo Gonzalez Loumiet
Eduardo, you filled in all the blanks and I’m going to update my post to point to your comment. You mapped out EXACTLY what I’m talking about. Great stuff, and thanks for sharing!
It’s an honor to be in your expert list, likewise you’re in mine.
Great link by the way!