Things I Would Like to Do Less Consistently

In the spirit of my previous post, I am going to make a list of things that I want to do less regularly than I currently do. This will take some work, but now is a good time to start. It's funny how some things that start with good purposes can quickly turn into nagging bad habits.

1. Checking email. For a couple years, I worked at Freshman Academy at BYU. It was a great job and really opened a lot of doors for me and helped me grow a lot, but it also set me on the path to compulsive email checking. Since we were working with students and on projects with co-workers, we were encouraged to stay up on our email. But that can quickly turn into a bad habit. So, I'm going to really try to limit how frequently I check my email.

2. Procrastinate. I really want to do a better job of not putting off projects/papers/proposals until the last minute. Even though things usually work out, things turn out so much better when you do them sooner so that you have time to carefully rework them before the deadline. Also, I think it will be good to set aside a certain amount of time each day for writing, even if I don't have something that has an looming deadline.

Well, that's a start. There are other things that I would like to do less regularly, but those are the first two that came to me as I wrote this post.

Followup on yesterday's post: I ran 3.5 miles this morning, and this is my second post in two days! I am also nearing the end of one book and over halfway in another two. If you want to track my running so you can hassle me if I fall behind (or if you want a way to track your own running/exercising), check out justinw.fastrunningblog.com.