First week of work and it’s been busy, busy. Mostly because I’m picking up a new software (Adobe Aftereffects), and also because my company had their open house this week for their new office.

The open house was fun, and I even got a chance to practice the rapport building visualization on our landlord!

This is a frame-grab of their new logo:

They’re a post-production company that does TV, video, motion graphics and 3d animation. I’m the 3d animator and aspiring motion graphics artist there now.

Going back to a full-time job, here are 4 methods I’ve found that helped me focus on my work and be productive:

1) No MSN. No instant messaging software of any kind. They really take up time! Now when I reach home and start work on Life Coaches Blog with my MSN open I realize just how much a sudden message can break the workflow.

2) Make it hard to login. When I login to my email or Bloglines, I always log out, just so to make it harder to check for new stuff every 5 minutes.

3) Surfing the net is not a break! Get out and move! Taking a break from the computer at the computer is not a break. Get out, stretch, walk around, take those eyes away from the screen. Helps refresh myself loads.

4) Have a time-goal: finish this step by this time. Helps keep the motivation pumping when I set mini goals for myself. I break up the project into mini-steps, and then put mini-deadlines on the clock to finish a step.