Planting Space

or for those of you from less populus places, Git-R-Done.

Do you have a list of those really important things that need to get done to launch your church but you just never seem to get to?  Every time you start to think about it the phone rings, an email comes in, you see a twitter about a new blog post you just have to read…

This week I’ve cleared my calendar from nearly every meeting.  I’m working from home, Starbucks, Panera, anywhere but the office.  I’ve shifted most of my regular weekly tasks to other people to do for me.  Why?

I have some very important, but not urgent things to get done for our software project.  I have found if I don’t schedule it, it will simply keep getting pushed off until tomorrow or next week.

Before you launch and face the demands of all the people who are part of your church, you need to get in the habit of scheduling what I call “focused work time” where you turn off the phone, shut down email, your blog reader, and close your chat and twitter clients.

If you want to get the important stuff done, you must learn to schedule it into your week… otherwise it will never happen.  Maybe it’s one hour each morning, maybe it’s a half day.  Whatever works for you.  Just put it on your calendar (just like your date night) and don’t let other things crowd it out.

Oh… and don’t write blog posts during focused work time either.

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