There are a variety of activities that I categorize as “my job.” They range from absolutely-must-do tasks to do-if-you-have-time tasks. Some have hard deadlines and others are just for the sake of learning. Some are for clients (those are the must-do ones) and others are for Media Two. But most importantly, some I LOVE doing, and you couldn’t stop me from doing them if you tried, while I may procrastinate a bit on others.
These are my favorite ways to procrastinate by doing my job:
- Blog
- Check Google Analytics
- Check clicks to bit.ly links
- Check Twitter
- Read posts by other bloggers in my Google Reader, comment, retweet
- Education & research - learn a new tool
- Make a fruitless attempt at cleaning out my inbox
What are your favorite work-related tasks?
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Morgan Siem Morgan Siem is the VP of Social Media at Media Two Interactive where she helps clients navigate the ever-changing online environment, seize ripe opportunities, avoid “shiny object syndrome,” as well as provide strategies that integrate with overall marketing campaigns while delivering real, measurable ROI. Morgan is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, a Board Member for the volunteer organization, Change the Triangle and a blogger columnist at
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I consider at least 50% of my job to be productive procrastination. As long as whatever it is I’m doing is building online relationships, and I’m actively participating in it, I think my bosses agree that it’s helping to grow the brand.
For much of the day, I get to read and comment on wine blogs and news, tweet with wine & spirits and marketing people, and comparison shop with competitors and new product/suppliers. I enjoy it, and it’s beneficial to the company.
Actually, that just reminded me, I’ve got a blog update to write!
Joshua – thanks for the comment! It made me smile reading that someone else enjoys his job as much as I enjoy mine. It’s a great feeling being able to spend so much time doing things that I WANT to be doing and to be able to add value to the company at the same time
I like your post and do enjoy my job as well. Even the times I get cranky over cross browser issues that arise during web development projects. I don’t really have much of a procrastination list, but I did give your unordered list more of a left margin to move it away from the left column content of the blog
So, right now I suppose my list consists of tweaking HTML and pixel pushing in general to make things look good.
I’m not sure I’d list Google Analytics as procrastination. It (or any analytics package) is the key tool to understanding any web business. I open up analytics before any other application when I get into the office each AM and take a look at the day before (or at least the data that came in after I last took a look in the night before).
I’m weird though, I find it fun to look at my analytics for all my personal sites too.
Dave – Thank you! Great improvement!
Dan – I completely agree about the importance of analytics. I, too, find it fun to look at the accounts, hence using it to procrastinate
It made the list because I’m a bit addicted to analytics, and I will check it no matter what other pressing tasks are at hand 