One of the mindfulness practices will be really helpful here: having a clear, attainable goal. I left one thing simmering from my session last night, and I'm going to use this time to finalize the section I started last night. All that's left is to create a Peer Review guide for the second formal paper of my online class. Peer Review is an important element of my pedagogy, and keeping it central in my online class is absolutely a priority. It's challenging, but important.
Okay, here we go. 15 minutes. One peer review guide. Case closed.
RESULTS:
Okay, so that was more like 35 mins. My focused went away from my work a couple of times, but I was able to bring it back quickly and keep working. I didn't take a comfort break because I was surprised by the fact that it took me longer than I thought it would. If I had planned for 35 minutes, I certainly would have stopped for a break. Now I find that my back hurts a little bit and my eyes are harder to focus. Hunched and staring is no way to be. Also, I think this took longer than expected because I didn't account for the extra steps that were required to actually publish the Peer Review sheet that I wrote. I had to log onto BB. I had to create this, edit that, rearrange the other thing, etc, etc, etc. It might have been a better estimate of my work time if I had SIMPLY completed the PR sheet and then posted it later or tomorrow. Oh well, I guess it takes practice to make and achieve goals for a BDS. Something more to work on I guess.
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