I've been getting distracted too much lately and spending time on wasteful websites. Either hobby/interest, news and entertainment sites or biz related sites that make me pretend like I'm working when instead I should be doing something more productive.

Last week I started something I remember hearing back in the 90s that telemarketers would do. Work standing up. I put a small platform on my desk to raise the height of my laptop and mouse so it was at a comfortable height to work while standing.

I worked 7 hours standing the first day and 6:15 hours standing the second. The only time I sat was eating (not counted toward work time), watching a couple marketing vids and writing an article.

I didn't stand while watching the marketing videos because it's strictly passive, unlike say reading you can't watch a video faster than normal. If your legs get tired that could be a good time to sit and watch a marketing or business related video. I tried writing the article standing but had more writer's block for some reason. It was easier and more comfortable putting the article together sitting down.

The biggest way this helped was eliminating distracting, time wasting websites. There is something psychological about wasting time on distracting sites while standing that just didn't seem natural or right. The interest just isn't there and you feel you should be doing something more important.

After the first couple days I did go back to sitting down at times and went back to standing when I felt I was losing focus and wanted to be more productive. I stood the whole day today since it was Monday and wanted to start the week off good.

If you have a problem staying focused and are addicted to sites you know you shouldn't be wasting your time on give it a try. It you have a problem with self discipline it's a way to change your environment instead of your behavior to get the results you want.

Anyone else want to throw in things that have helped them?