Make Time and Turning Distractions into Tools

Days often merge into each other. In Knapp and Zerarsky’s Make Time there is a detailed four pronged attack against that trend.

  • Focus on one Highlight for your day
  • Find ways to focus (Laser)
  • Energize your life
  • Reflect on the day and make a new plan

One of their ways to focus is to review how you are using the Infinity Pools (the websites that deliver never ending content) and try to use them accordingly. For example, I say that I use Facebook to connect to friends and family. So am I actually doing that, or am I scrolling through and wasting time.

I had a draft if this in an earlier post. But I realized I did not have the verbs in there.

  • Facebook is for connection to family and friends
  • Instagram is for sharing personal goals
  • Twitter is for learning and growth professionally and personally

And then there is Reddit. That is a time suck, and I spend way to much time in the Infinity Pool. I think reddit might be inspiration and research. I’ve been on a weight loss journey and looking at Progress Pics has given me so strength to keep going.

So now the trick is to use it in those ways. I’ll update along the way.