Another day in the office. Humans are routine-seeking creatures, and the daily cycle of office work is as much a regular routine as you are likely to find. Even if you love the work you do, so many aspects of office life are the same every day that the days begin to take on an eerie similarity and ultimately blend into one indistinguishable stretch with only the occasional bump or jolt to demarcate the passage of time. In some ways, a routine is good and can increase productivity: when you come in each day, you know what you need to do and how to do it, so little time is wasted on practical and procedural matters. Imagine if you had to relearn your job every day! It would be well after lunch before you ever did anything productive. Continue reading How to be Comfortably Productive