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teamtrackmaster · 7 months ago
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How to Avoid Distractions: 7 Tips for Staying Focused at Work
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Ever feel like you sit down at your desk with a to-do list a mile long, only to find yourself sucked into a social media vortex two hours later? Yeah, us too. Between the constant barrage of notifications, chatty colleagues, and the enchantress song of that unfinished online shopping cart, staying focused at work can feel like an Olympic-level feat.
But fear not, fellow warriors against procrastination! In this guide, we'll unveil seven battle-tested tips to avoid distractions and transform you into a laser-focused productivity machine. So, silence those dings and pings, grab a coffee, and conquer your workday with newfound clarity and efficiency.
1. Identify Common Distractions
The first step in learning how to dismiss distractions is to identify what commonly diverts your attention. Examples of distractions at work include:
Social Media: Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram can easily consume large chunks of your time.
Email Notifications: Constant alerts for new emails can break your concentration.
Chatty Colleagues: Friendly conversations can quickly derail your workflow.
Multitasking: Attempting to juggle multiple tasks at once often reduces efficiency.
Office Noise: Background chatter and office equipment noise can be highly distracting.
By recognizing these common pitfalls, you can take proactive steps to mitigate their impact.
2. Use Workforce Management Software
Implementing workforce management software can significantly enhance your ability to avoid distractions. These tools designed to streamline processes, manage time effectively, and ensure employees stay on task. Some benefits include:
Task Prioritization: Helps in setting clear priorities and deadlines.
Time Tracking: Monitors how time is spent on various tasks, identifying potential distractions.
Automation: Reduces manual tasks, freeing up more time for focused work.
By leveraging workforce management software, you can create a more structured and distraction-free work environment.
3. Set Clear Goals and Priorities
Setting clear, achievable goals is essential in learning how to avoid distractions at work. Sort your jobs according to significance and deadlines, then divide them into smaller, more manageable chunks. Using the SMART criteria (Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound) can help define these goals.
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4. Create a Distraction-Free Workspace
Your physical environment plays a significant role in your ability to stay focused. Here are some pointers to set up a workstation free from distractions:
Organize Your Desk: Keep only the necessities on your desk to prevent clutter.
Noise-Canceling Headphones: Use these to block out office noise.
Comfortable Seating: To avoid physical discomfort, make sure your workstation and chair are set up ergonomically.
By optimizing your workspace, you can minimize distractions and improve concentration.
5. Leverage Employee Engagement Software
Employee engagement software can play a crucial role in maintaining focus and avoiding distractions. These platforms facilitate communication, and collaboration, and provide tools to keep employees motivated. Key features include:
Performance Feedback: Regular feedback helps in staying aligned with goals.
Recognition Programs: Encourages continuous improvement and focus.
Communication Tools: Streamlines communication, reducing the need for disruptive meetings.
Using employee engagement software, you can foster a work environment that encourages focus and productivity.
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6. Implement Time Management Techniques
Effective time management is critical in avoiding distractions. Techniques such as the Pomodoro Technique, where you work for 25 minutes and then take a 5-minute break, can help maintain high levels of focus. Other methods include:
Time Blocking: Set aside particular periods for various tasks.
Eisenhower Matrix: Set work priorities according to their significance and urgency.
To-Do Lists: Keep track of daily tasks to ensure everything is noticed.
By incorporating these time management strategies, you can enhance your ability to stay focused.
7. Take Regular Breaks
While it might seem counterintuitive, taking regular breaks is essential for maintaining focus. Taking little pauses can help you mentally recharge and avoid burnout. Use this time to:
Stretch or Walk: Physical activity can boost your energy levels.
Hydrate: Drinking water can keep you alert.
Mindfulness Practices: Activities like meditation can improve concentration.
By allowing yourself to step away from work periodically, you can return with renewed focus and productivity.
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Conclusion
Learning to avoid distractions at work is a continuous process that requires intentional effort and the right tools. By identifying common distractions, leveraging workforce management and employee engagement software, setting clear goals, creating a distraction-free workspace, implementing time management techniques, and taking regular breaks, you can significantly enhance your productivity and maintain a high level of focus.
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sysig · 11 months ago
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Rainbows (Patreon)
#Doodles#UT#Handplates#Papyrus#Sans#This rainbow is all out of order - and so many negative glows ah :0#I didn't mean for them to trend negative! They were just easier to imagine the expressions - maybe I'll take a second pass on the positives#Or in green's case the negative :')#Again in order of when I drew them so kinda all over the place haha#I wanted to go in order! And then I got distracted pft - thus started with red ow :(#Honestly I was thinking of it just being a surprise-pain more than anything lol - like a splinter haha that wouldn't even pierce him!#D'you think that eyeglows could also act like automatic word-responses? Like how we say ''Ow'' when we're surprised but not hurt sometimes#Silly haha#The second is a lot less silly-intended tho more actual pain#It's also sad to think that Sans' red would pretty much have to be sympathy/emotional pain :(#The kind of survivors guilt of not being able to shoulder more but he's so fragile! It's not his fault!#I am quite happy with both of their expressions there tho especially their mouth shapes - and how the colours interact with their eyes#Lineless colours are some of my favourites :) You can tell it's my pencils and not my pen there 'cause it's feathery hehe#For example Edgar's scars are usually with my pen and they have an almost hard-line quality while my pencils are soft :) S'pretty#Switched colours! I unfortunately misremembered what their meanings were oops lol#Well I got them kinda half-right - I like blue as skeptical quite a lot :D I think it suits them both!#Sans as wary and logical and wanting to keep distance to assure his safety and what he can devote energy to - I like it!#And Papyrus using his brother's colour to be grown up in the way that Sans is hehe <3 It's sweet#I misremembered orange lol I assigned blue's alt meaning of ''curiousity'' - orange is meant to be bravery! Oops lol#I think I was thinking of Papyrus' childlike excitement and wanting to know and be involved! Haha#Greeeeens <3 Happy boys happy with each other! I love when they're happy ♥ Interlocked holding hands hehe#Pinks! Along a similar line! I like pink as platonic affection :D And as embarrassment lol but hgg the sweetness! The care and love!#Is my bias showing lol - especially with the bros sleeping on each other haha ♪ They're both happy to know the other is safe!#Couple'a stresses - I like Sans' more I'm not even gonna sugarcoat lol his expression turned out so good haha#And the inverse for the purples! I do like Sans' face but his body :P Papyrus tho - he turned out sad and perfect :')
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traceyc-uk · 6 months ago
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i like your draw Side Quests moment and another character, and your the new fifth year ,so~ cute!
I don’t know what could give that idea…
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Thank you! it’s because of them that’s inspired me to draw again and come up with all these silly scenes 😅 I appreciate your message ♥️
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lil-vibes · 4 days ago
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Lambert's sister, Marie and some sheep culture stuff for my verse :3
also me when doomed siblings again :((((((((
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blanketforcas · 1 year ago
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5 times they almost touched or kissed each other and one time jensen wasn't allowed
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xxplastic-cubexx · 2 months ago
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i finished reading krakoa era and comic cherik are amazing SO i wanted to ask do you have any favorite issues/series i still don't really remember how to call it where cherik are also cool?? some iconis comic moments with them maybe??
im FARRR from finishing all of krakoa (ive probably barely even made a dent in this series), though i do think following the HoX + PoX issues themselves are great if we're talkin cherik-focused issues/books. i already said one of my fave aspects of cherik is their moments working together, so having a whole Omnibus dedicated to them Working Together and trusting each other (bonus points for Protective Erik with the Something Sinister bit) is already guaranteeing a sure spot in my Faves collection
one of my fave cool moments i've read so far- which is a moment i wager a lot of people can agree is Sick As Hell Visually if i may be so daring- is ABSOLUTELY this sequence from Inferno #4
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any time erik and charles get to do some bamf shit together it is IMMEDIATELY peak to me this cannot be disputed and i'd be lying if i didn't say i bought this run solely for this moment here (ignore the fact they fumble this fight horribly that dont matter they looked cool as hell for five seconds !!!!!!!!!!!)
i can't wait to read more and find even more moments i love and want to tape to my eyelids <3 !!
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bunabi · 8 months ago
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I cant be excited for Summer Games Fest when so many of the people responsible for these upcoming releases have been going through consistent and sudden closures & layoffs idk
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ach-sss-no · 6 days ago
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Hey if you ever worry that media illiteracy/bad reading comprehension is a new thing, or if you've ever been coaxed into thinking criticial opinion matters, I have an exercise for you
Pick a classic and lastingly successful work of fiction that you personally know well. It's best if you can find something that existed pre-internet.
Look up reviews that were published when the work came out, stuff by professional critics (newspapers, etc) - stay away from things like personal blogs. Only Serious Business opinions.
See how long (in seconds) it takes to discover a bombastically idiotic take that would get laughed off of tumblr. Or something that's just factually wrong.
Realize someone got PAID to write that. That person staked their professional opinion on that stupid take, and they didn't even get fired.
Nothing matters. Have fun
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vimbry · 9 months ago
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jumping off the back of the post about genres of song lyrics, another thing about tmbg's lyrics in particular is that even when they write about pleasant themes, they still manage to frequently do so through a sinister lens:
the experience of having children and looking after them:
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a nice little nightlight protecting a child muses on the shortcomings it would have outside its assigned responsibility:
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fantasising about getting high in the park with your crush:
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seleneprince · 5 months ago
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When the Vanserra-Archeron twins find out that Nyx is courting their beloved friend, Zinnia (Tamlin's daughter), they're not amused at all. Specially Sylvie.
She doesn't care about her cousin, has a borderline hostile dynamic with him, but for the most part he's just "that guy from Night Court she happens to share blood with". Neth is on better terms with him and she doesn't mind spending time with him, but they're not close enough to see him as family. She considers him more a long-distance friend.
Meanwhile, they adore Zinnia. They grew up with her. She's their godfather's daughter, their beloved Uncle Tamlin. They spent their childhoods jumping from Spring to Autumn frecuently just to see each other. They love like her a sister. Their families are on the same circle. In their eyes, Zinnia has always been this sweet girl they must protect and who only deserves the best.
Which it's not Nyx Archeron. Or any other brute from the Night Court. They're sure of it.
It's not just them. Literally, no one in their circle approves of this possible union, except Elain (because she knows things). Both Eris and Nesta are amused by the whole mess but he doesn't think they fit together and she doesn't want her to be at the Night Court . Lucien doesn't like it at all and neither do his and Elain's kids. And let's not get started on poor Tamlin, having to see his exes' spawn court his precious daughter so insistently.
Back at the Night Court, it's more or less the same situation. Rhysand is the only person that openly supports his son on this and even gives him advice on how to woo the girl (which is awful advice because he only tells him to do the same things he did with feyre, ignoring that not everyone enjoys those as much as she did). Feyre doesn't understand why he's so enthusiastic about becoming family with Tamlin. The rest of the IC know where Rhysand is coming from and don't dare tell Feyre the truth...
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damiel-of-real · 5 months ago
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i started having undertale thoughts a couple of days ago but i didnt know how to verbalise them so i just collected some screenshots and stared at them a lot
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can anyone understand me
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silently-standingstill · 11 days ago
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This isn’t an art request but I just saw your AMV and I loved it a lot! If you can, could you walk through the process whereby you color the animation? Do you have set color palettes and add overlays to create lighting or do you manually pick the colors via color theory? I want to know /nf
Hello!! I appreciate your interest :D I put a lot of thought into the colors so this may be a long one! It'll include other animation info too
Any color I use is never reused for any section, I pick them all manually and for a purpose, it's important to have something different for each section as it adds more meaning and so things don't get boring. I occasionally use overlays, only one section uses it though. I'll go over a bunch of parts where color was important.
I struggled with the colors here, it based it off of an old drawing (on the right), and I realized I couldn't make my old coloring style work again, especially with how I was going about it, nothing played off of each other and felt very icky? I opted for more natural colors, creates a better sense of what I was originally going for, this part isn't very significant but it was interesting to find out what works and doesn't, you can learn a lot from redrawing old works.
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This was another part I struggled on, I purposely made One look wonky because I liked the sketch more than anything I could come up with. They really look stupid, don't they? I redrew it a bunch of times to incorporate the orange, but I did not want to base it off of the scene where One was counting down, that had a purpose for it, this did not. It was following the previous parts color, which has an overcast of orange, but I couldn't find a way for this to work without feeling unsatisfying. I opted for using a trio of blue+green+red, it could be seen as 123 but that wasn't intentional.. it was the only colors I thought could work with the lighting of One's TV, but hooray for unintentionality! It makes this part connected with the lore!
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This part I put a lot of thought into! Something I found interesting about One's lounge is how it uses red+yellow+blue, the three primary colors, in design those colors are used to invoke a sense of familiarity and safety, and if you pay attention, these colors are used everywhere. this could or could not be intentional in the actual show, I do not believe they are, but I used this to my advantage as when One's walking past the figurines, the yellows increases, but when they figurines fall, the yellow fades into white to show while One tries to come across as trustworthy, their façade can be quickly broken. I put together a lot of notes for this part and drew a sketch for it too LOL
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"The lights that shine" section's color were meant to be like this from the start, this was the first section I animated, they have a big contrast and yellow limbs, I only put that because I thought it looked cool, but the colors carried over to the other part where they look like this, and ended up using this palette to symbolize who was kidnapped by One. I had trouble deciding how the beams(?) that were coming out of the moon should look like though, this was what I was originally going to do. The placement of each contestant is important too, more to the front, the more they may be impacted by One. I wasn't sure between Gaty or Leafy to put in this section, since we don't know if either of them will/had contact with her, it was difficult to decide. I put Leafy instead because I didn't want to animate Gaty.
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The chair for Gaty! No one mentioned this detail and I was a little sad about that - each time One's lounge is shown, there is a different chair for each contestant, if One took Gaty, it'd leave a bitter feeling if she used a similar chair to her and Two's hangout couch.. their hangout couch is already split in half, it's possible One could take half of it. The colors were based off of how the person who designed One's lounge uses colors, I used some of her personal artwork as reference, and also how the chairs shown in the lounge were designed, and each design has something to do with the characters, One's is big, to show importance and uses the primary colors, Fanny's is small and dark with shadows taking up most of it, Basketball's is big, modern and green to reflect her mechanic room, Gaty in TPOT is (unfortunately) mostly associate with Two and this couch, and is similar to a therapist's patients couch, it would fit her role and characterization in TPOT if I am right about this
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This was the only section to use overlay, layer 6 and 5 were the only ones to be changing as stated in the notes, there's a lot of light changes in this sequence, and if you notice closely there's a red, a shadow casting from characters outside of ones shadow, and there's a bigger contrast between the lighting and shadows. The "lights that shine" section you'd think uses that, but everything was done manually, even the transitions colors
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These are some storyboards for this, the handwriting is probably poor I apologize about that, I created this during school and I don't write neat/properly if I don't plan to show anyone it LOL
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yurki-posts · 7 months ago
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The Nopony
(I made the eye wrong on the upper right aaaghhhhh)
#PONIFIED ROB ATTACK!!!!!!!!!#the amazing world of gumball#tawog rob#mlp#my little pony#character desing#my art#OoOok so#As I said in other posts before I had this crossover in my mind for a looong time#I already had somethings in mind like Rob being an earth pony (since he's “boring”)#Gumball would also be an earth pony qnd he would complain not being an unicorn or a pegasus because they have magic and can fly#BUT THIS IS ABOUT ROB DON'T GET DISTRACTED YUR#*ahem* so back on earth#I was struggling I tiny bit (a lot) with his head in different angles (that's something every Rob has in every Au. His head is complicated)#I was having a hard time too deciding how I wanted the static to look like#I wanted to make it the way I draw static normally (black lines that change depending on the emotional state of Rob)#but it looked off compared to the rest of the drawing#I also thought of a png but I wanted to suffer a little bit so I made it myself#For once I went with harsh shadows with very strong colors (like shadowing with red for yellow or fuccia for red)#and I really really really like it :3 i'm so proud of myself!!#i'm still unsure about the lore but I tgink it would be just Tawog but every character is a pony or a species from Mlp#like for example Penny being a Changeling and discover her true form thanks to Gumball#amd because she's a Changeling some things would change compared to the original series so it matches up with this universe#but i'm talking too much now lol#I may or not also make pre-void Rob#ixbsosbdiwbfisbabdbjd
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supercantaloupe · 1 month ago
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saw a post last night complaining that the sound of music film and its popularity contribute to the "universalization of the holocaust" and that by depicting an austrian catholic gentile family's opposition to the nazi regime instead of being about jews, it paints some kind of false picture of who the nazis' real targets were. and i'm sorry but that is such a narrow minded, externally motivated reading of the film/musical. and i say this as a jew who broadly agrees that holocaust universalization and the sidelining of "the jewish problem" (as it was known in that era) in film and media is a genuine and pervasive problem. the sound of music...that is really not the right target for your ire, my friend
#sasha speaks#like yeah it is annoying when people spam reblog that gif of georg ripping up the nazi flag right after posting antisemitism#that sucks and i wish it wasn't do prevalent. i also wish antisemitism in general were not so prevalent but yknow.#baby steps or whatever.#but anyway it's not the sound of music's fault that people are using that gif a bunch but misunderstanding nazism#and its specific primary targeting of jews (and romani)#A. i actually don't think it's invalid or bad to show stories about gentiles being threatened by/opposing nazism.#that Was a real thing that happened. the trapp family were in fact real people even if their story is somewhat fictionalized#in the musical#it takes place in 1938. therefore before the holocaust proper had begun#(not that persecution of jews wasn't already a huge thing. the november pogrom was the same year of course.)#but even while racial hatred of jews and romani Was the primary characteristic of nazism and should be recognized and depicted as such#it is not misleading or distracting to also depict the real experience of white gentiles who were threatened by nazism#like. one drop in the bucket. two cakes. whateved#also. and this feels so blatantly obvious to me i shouldnt need to spell it out but.#B. the sound of music was written by two jews in the late 1950s.#it's...it's just not. it's not an example. of a bad faith depiction of wwii/its lead up#sometimes stories are about other things. even when the authors could have made it about more personal subjects to themselves#and the era in which it was created had a very different attitude towards and contrxt for depictions of wwii (& preceding) in media#if you want to get mad at people misinterpreting a musical about the rise of nazism go look on twitter or tiktok for cabaret discourse...#now that's an audience that knows how to miss the gddamn point
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geekeryisafoot · 5 months ago
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From a pragmatic storytelling standpoint I get bringing the Ear Devil back and even agree with the choice. But also. Imagine the bizarre hilarious fucked up world building we'd get if he'd stayed eaten and the concept of ears permanently disappeared.
Imagine we're in the end game and there's a tense moment and the camera pans to anyone still alive staring at something in horror. And they just don't have ears. This is unrelated to anything currently happen.
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waitineedaname · 2 years ago
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thinking about ritsu deciding to fight shimazaki ALONE makes me so insane. he is one (1) thirteen year old who got his powers like five months ago MAX, and he went up against one of the strongest espers around, got his ass kicked, and then did not back down. and he does this just to divert attention away from shou, because he believes in him. and the thing was, he demonstrates such creativity with his attacks too, and they could've worked on literally anyone except shimazaki. we do not give this kid enough credit for how brave and creative he is.
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