with Britt Reints
Forget the 9 to 5; Full Time, All the Time is a blog about the mobile working life - when you have the freedom to work from anywhere and the responsibility of always having your smartphone turned on. Britt Reints works as a freelance writer while traveling fulltime in an RV with her husband and two kids. She explores balancing real-life bills with an unconventional work life, and finding time to maintain relationships with family and friends.
You can also find Britt at InPursuitOfHappiness.net.
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Not having a boss is awesome.
Except for the part where you don’t have a boss.
By that I mean, there’s no one around to make sure I’m on task. Sure, my kids demand to eat regularly, which is a constant reminder that money must come into the household, but by the time they’re clamoring for food it’s too late to worker harder or smarter. I have to rely on my own internal motivation and self discipline like a real grown up.
This would be a heck of a lot easier were it not for the Internet.
Facebook and Twitter are just the tip of the distraction iceberg. YouTube and its plethora of music and comedy can feed my ADD for hours. My Google Reader is always full of blogs waiting to entertain and inspire. My inbox is as much a to-do list as a but don’t do it now! trap.
And now, the world has fallen in love with Pinterest.
Pinterest is an “online pinboard” where you can “organize and share things you love.” Really, it’s like an online magazine/mall/vision board/catalogue/carnival/cornucopia of pretties.
*returns after spending 20 minutes researching Pinterest*
I do not have a Pinterest account. I’m not a crafter or a cooker, so I don’t really have a need for it. I’m also a little afraid of what would happen to my time if I had access to all of that… stuff.
*peeks again*
No. I’m resisting the Pinterest urge in the name of productivity.
Are you?
I use Pinterest for work and for personal use. I find it’s a pretty effective way to keep track of project ideas. Much more useful than a list of bookmarks since I’m a pretty visual person. I don’t follow other people’s pins unless I’m researching something. Interestingly enough, I haven’t been active in several weeks and suddenly about 5 people have started following me. I’m flattered, but half convinced they’re all pinterest employees trying to get me back to pinning stuff.
Jenn | December 7th, 2011 at 9:42 am
i gave in a couple of months ago. what i do love is that i only follow less than 10 people and there isn’t massive pinning going on so it isn’t the stream of constant updates (ala twitter). yet. check back with me in 6 months and see if i am twitching lol only once in a while do i dive into the other categories.
all that visual stimulation is beautiful and also tiring.
kate | December 7th, 2011 at 9:43 am
I have yet to even look at that sight. And I have no intention of doing so any time in the future. I don’t need another time suck!
Megan | December 7th, 2011 at 11:28 am
I LOVE Pinterest. I can easily waste hours there. Which is a problem. I spend more time looking at pretty things instead of making pretty things.
Nicole | December 7th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Yes. I have purposely avoided Pinterest in the name of not having one more time suck. Now friends tell me I must Pinterest! But I’m not sure why. I don’t really want to find pictures of pretty things that I will then want to buy. I can’t see that turning out well for me at all.
Lisa | December 7th, 2011 at 12:02 pm