Check your workflow Review EVERYTHING. Look at where you work Desk setup Are you in an external office or do you sit in your living room at home Do you need to find a new spot What are you sitting in Type of chair matters How many monitors are you using Do you need a new one? Do you need to add another? You can’t be productive if you are distracted or uncomfortable How do you work What is your text editor of choice Does it access FTP? Do you work off of your local machine and upload via an FTP client like Filezilla? How often are you checking your results. Upload changes often and make minor tweaks along the way vs doing giant loads of work and fine tuning later How much time do you waste sweating the small problems vs waiting until the end of the day – or even the project – to move pixels Are you taking time to update your software? Very important, especially if you are using wordpress Checking for theme and plugin updates can be the difference between a hacked site and a site that loads quickly and efficiently Biggest question ARE YOU USING YOUR TIME WELL Biggest distractions: In home Kids Pets Technology Tv or phone Office setting Co-workers Technology Disorganized business Random meetings Too much watercooler talk How do you fix the issues Force yourself to take time – maybe 5 minutes a day – to organize your desk, clean up your computer desktop, reorganize files and folders On top of basic housekeeping ask yourself this: Can I improve myself Are you keeping up on current topics in design and development Are you trying new resources @tommnorman @tnpwdesign TNPWDesign.com WebDevPod.com