Excelle

Hi dr. Sherrie,
thanks for such a great article. Luckily for me, because of my situation (I am totally blind) alot of the communication gadgets haven't snared me yet. this isn't to say that there aren't blind people out there in the work force who aren't slaves to the ringers, buzzers and vibrators. I know a few of them personally (blind gadget junkies, i mean). But i haven't allowed myself to get too trapped in the gadget game and that's mostly because it's too difficult (to me) to pull off. the amount of energy i would have to expend in order to get said communication gadget to work with...say...my text to speach screen reader versus the joy of using said communication gadget don't add up for me. also, the cost of some of the devices created for the blind so that we, too, can be electronically "hooked up" are just ridiculous. I like to keep it cheap and simple. I set aside some time (at most three times a day) to read emails. I use a very basic cell phone and service (no text messages, movies, camera, etc) I will, however, have to be available to anser my celly when on the job because i am a Massage Therapist and i have to respond to my clients and potential clients ASAP. so this article just helped to reinforce for me that i'm on the right track with the whole gadget thing. Especially since i am a gadget junkie. I am proud to say i am in recovery.

I was just waiting for an article like this. Thank you for writing it!

Its really funny Sherrie... I'm that way with emails!! I am addicted to go see what was written next! And just last week I decided to at least take one day for me, go do something comlpletely different and keep it OFF for the entire day and ya know what? It was so refreshing... thanks for your article, wonderful

thank you for adding me to your list,I AM NEW AT THIS I really don't do that much typing but I shall try, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE AN BOOK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AT MY LAST JOB PERHASE YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME ADVICE. THANK YOU TERESA

Thanks for the research info. Focusing is important to do good work. It also gives space to be more creative. I do put the mute on when I am on phone with clients as well when writing articles. It makes a big difference in the quality and performance. Multi-tasking to me is best when doing something like washing dishes and watching television!

Great Article! It works at home too..we tend to let our phone at home go to the answering machine because we mostly use our cells so any evening calls are usually someone trying to sell us something. It takes a few times to get used to, but it is empowering to "choose" whether to answer the phone or not.

Sometimes I'm looking for something to take me away from the task/project at hand, so old-fashioned procrastination is also a problem for me - I just have new ways of procrastinating.