If you're a person like me, you like to procrastinate every now and then. I'm not one of those anally retentive type-A personalities who feel the need to constantly occupy their time with something to do. Maybe it's because I'm very independent minded, but I can entertain myself and do "nothing" all day if I wanted to.
But if you live in the real world, you'll know that this doesn't fly. It would be very easy to just spend the day surfing the net, or watching TV, or having illusions of grandier. I know this from experience. One of the best ways to deal with this, is to write out your goals.
It's one thing to have goals floating around in your head like popcorn, it's another to write them out, have them stare back at you everyday like an un-wavering reflection in the mirror. It's preferable to do this on paper, like a stick-it note because of how it stands out at you, but electronically could work too. When you see these goals, make it a routine to check on them everyday.
For example, at the start of the day write out your goals, rank them in order of importance, and start working. When you're done that particular goal for the day (e.g. "Call Mr. Smith about the appointment by noon" or "Finish working on the second page of the document") then you can cross it off.
It's possible you might not finish everything you wanted to. That's fine, just learn from it. Was it too many goals crammed into one day? Or should you put in more time tomorrow? You get the idea.
The great thing about this is accountability. It's very objective on whether or not you are being productive. It won't let you day dream or procrastinate and waste valuable time. If you make listing out your daily goals a routine, this will be very effecient for your time. You can put weekly, monthly, seasonal goals on another piece of paper too to supplement this.
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