Summer can be a frustrating time. \u00a0Much like the end of the year, there are a lot of vacations to work around, and your team varies from week to week. \u00a0That makes this an excellent time to take your vacation as well. \u00a0However, when you find yourself at work with limited staff or tasks waiting for people to return, there is an opportunity\u00a0for catching up. \u00a0Those secondary and less important tasks that never seem to get done are excellent targets during these slow times.<\/p>\n
One of the areas where it is easy to get behind is planning. \u00a0You know the Fall and wrap up of the year will be busy. \u00a0It almost always is. \u00a0Thus, this is a perfect time to look ahead to those hectic months and search for tasks you can start or even complete in this slow time. \u00a0It can be a time to lay down plans for the push and create documentation outlines where possible. \u00a0The work may not be such that it can be completed and off your plate. \u00a0However, any steps you take now will be less time to spend during that rush. \u00a0This is also a time to set things in motion if you are going to need vendor buy-in, customer sign-offs, or other administrative tasks that can often drag out the completion of a project.<\/p>\n
Planning takes some thought and forecasting. \u00a0Overdue tasks do not suffer from these restrictions. \u00a0You know what needs to be done. \u00a0Many of these tasks are the kind that languishes on your to-do list for weeks or months. \u00a0Why not remove those headaches and stress by knocking out some of your “productivity debt?”\u00a0 When you take action your days will move along quickly and you will be thankful in the months ahead that you did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summer can be a frustrating time. \u00a0Much like the end of the year, there are a lot of vacations to work around, and your team varies from week to week. \u00a0That makes this an excellent time to take your vacation as well. \u00a0However, when you find yourself at work with limited staff or tasks waiting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4,35,28,27],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-special-topics","tag-best-practices","tag-career","tag-planning","tag-productivity"],"yoast_head":"\n