Work At Home: Avoid Information Overload
March 15, 2010 by Admin
Filed under Business Tips
One of the many exciting things to have is the ability to work from the comfort of your own home. Whether you’re transitioning to working at home or you’re suddenly faced with it, the main thing is to pace yourself.
It’s easy to be quickly overwhelmed with information overload and that’s not a good thing because it will wear you down.
Take your time if you’re doing research to absorb what you’re reading. It’s one thing to read and another thing to comprehend. These are two different things.
A few things you can do to avoid information overload:
- Bookmark sites or subscribe to them
- Take notes that apply to you
- Take frequent breaks and focus on other tasks – preferably no-brainer tasks
- Focus on one area of interest at a time
- Keep a schedule
- Set daily goals and stick with them
~Sophia
Your first two tips are very important: When you find information that is useful, take notes that apply to you !
This means that you’ll find it again when you need it, and you’ll also find the useful part immediately (instead of *first* searching for the site using Google, then search for the correct article, and finally search for the useful part that you vaguely remember :-) )
I certainly have been there. I have a system in place which includes almost all these steps! I especially love taken notes so this is my prime tool for my process. I also only focus my time as you mention on one area of interest at a time. By do so I have totally alleviated the stress of trying to absorb everything I want and need to learn to better my business and blogs.
Thanks Atle and Chrissy for your comments. I remember sitting in a 3 or 4 hour orientation and when it was over, I couldn’t remember a dang thing about it. What a waste of time. It would have made more sense if they broke it down and spread it out over a few days or throughout the day.
Sophia