Choose your rabbit hole. When I watch TV I have a high likelihood of flipping channels and then watching something else, so on and so forth; by the time I’m out of my trance hours have passed and all I’m left with is guilt.

The same happens with work sometimes. You come into the office, start something and then wander your way into another project, if you’re disciplined you finish at least one project, else you end up starting lots of projects and probably finishing none.

This post has less to do with discipline and more to do with choosing your rabbit hole. By starting at work at least you stayed within the domain of work “hopefully.” So if you want to get something done, choosing a project that is closely related is probably the best way to go if you’re not ready to spear head your project just yet. The likelyhood that you wonder into your project is high and if it isn’t well then you’ve accomplished something else doesn’t include a post guilty party.

Some of the rabbit holes I attempt to choose are personal maintenance, home maintenance [boring; i know], my blog, my side projects, reading books on my list. The idea — once again — is that if you get bored or distracted along the way you’re more likely to wander into something as productive. Reading a book might spawn an idea and end up a post, or writing a post might have me questioning my layout and start tinkering with the design, tinkering the design might give me ideas for my side projects etc …

Rabbit holes to avoid: television, youtube [which is for the most part the same as former], pretty much visiting any site that provides little value.

A person today would have to live 1700 years to watch all YouTube videos currently available – a rabbit hole that will out live you.