This week’s been all about Winter. After a couple weeks respite from snow and bitter cold--we even had a day up into the 50s--Jack Frost came back with a vengeance. The thermometer plunged into the low teens and tens. The wind brought the feels-like down into the negatives. Worst of all, we had three days of Lake Effect Snow.

1. Take portable notes for everything

My day starts slowly. A cup of coffee, a quick YouTube video, and I’m off to work. It’s not a long commute to my office in the other room, but by the time I’ve sat down my mind is already buzzing with a long list of tasks. Distractions like unfinished chores leftover from the week and new work for today. I find it hard to lock in on tasks I’m not personally interested in, or to stay focused for long bits of time. I tend to flutter between busywork until I find a single task to focus on, at which point I can stay targeted on that task for hours. I get my work done, but I wish I could still accomplish more.