Logging work

I haven't committed to Twitter fully, but I am thinking of ways that it can be useful.

First, it's already helped a couple of times as an action-provoking positive affirmation. On Monday, when I wrote "Making the most of my morning off to balance working until 9:30 tonight," it wasn't true -- yet. I made it true with the actions I took over the next two hours. On Wednesday, when I woke up early and messed around on the computer a bit, I wondered what I could twitter and realized that I could be doing the same thing in the sun room so that I could write "watching the sun rise--on the first full day of spring. Surely a good cosmic sign of revitalization and growth and balance."

Second, I can use it as a log. My daily work log is in transition. I started keeping one rather accidentally a bit over a year ago during my first week on the job. I was carrying around a small notebook just to keep track of things and I started noting what I was doing during the day as a grounding exercise during an overwhelming time. The value of that habit became apparent when preparing my 3-month new employee review. After that, I began compiling my daily logs into a weekly report for myself (during my Weekly Review on Friday for all you GTD adherents). Monthly, I use the weekly reports to update my annual review form.

The daily log underwent a change when I started using a paper planner a few months ago. I didn't want to carry a notebook, too, so I thought I'd use the space for a work diary provided in my planner. But it's a little tiny space and I haven't found it at all inspiring. So, along comes Twitter which I do find inspiring, so why not use Twitter for my work log? Granted, I'll have to sift through all my goofy twitters to find the ones that actually say something about work, but I'm a goofy person so that will only add to the amusement. I'll give it a shot for a couple of weeks and see how it goes.

Of course, I won't look at Twitter multiple times a day for any of these productive purposes. I'll do it because it's fun. As the Tinfoil Racoon said in a twitter this morning, "you know. i really like twitter. i like getting tiny glimpses into lives, personal and professional. it suits who i am." 43 Things works the same way for me--it's fun so I use it a lot so I accomplish more of my goals.     #

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