Working With To Much Information

djanx · Oct 7, 2016

Hey @Panic57 I know what you mean. The way to do it is to break down the task into chunks/milestones. The energy and confidence that one gains from ticking off items on a checklist is amazing! I think what you're doing is fine. Its a good technique and that is what I would do as well. However, if you want to make it easier, I would suggest using just one source of information at first! And then use the pomodoro technique. There is a website called Kanbanflow. What it does is that it helps you divide your workday into 30 minute chunks - 25 minutes of work and 5 minutes of rest. And the idea is that if you have 3 important items on your priority list, then you can switch from one task to another every half an hour. By the end of the day, you'd have achieved each one because you simply never get tired!

How I do this stuff: First I get overwhelmed and realize that I am overwhelmed.

Then, I go through a couple of sources to see which one suits my learning style. And I grab hold of one. Then, I just stick to it, and create a priority list by brainstorming, and then prioritizing. Finally, I use the pomodoro technique to execute.

Aree Wongwanlee · Oct 7, 2016

When it comes to writing, I always look for more information than I need. Just last week, I wrote a 500-word article. Actually, I didn't even have to do any research because it was a topic which I am very familiar with. Nevertheless, I did my research and I learned some new things. So, my recommendation for anyone who writing professionally, never restrict your writing to the price you are paid. What you are paid is something you negotiate with the buyer. What you actually write is a showcase of your writing skills. Even if you are paid only $1 for a 500-word article, write it like you are being paid one million dollars. The difference in quality will be apparent. That's the best way to get ahead in the writing game. Write better than you are paid and eventually you will get better-paying jobs.

Alex · Oct 7, 2016

There is often the same information around, but a good writer knows the best sources. I take it you are talking about content writing? Most writers already know their subjects, and research is for citations and evidence. Many writers actually spend months and years in research mode for books to double check facts.

Maybe it is better to write about things you know rather than having to read up on them? Reasearch is suppossed to be about fact checking, and this shouldn't take too long as a fact can't change.

beautifullybree · Oct 8, 2016

I sometimes have trouble focusing or staying on topic. I would love to be a better writer. If I'm writing a poem,which is my specialty, I often leave and come back to it serval times. Other days I can sit down, focus, and write exactly what I want. Its weird how things don't always work as planned. Sometimes I will read my work a year later and find a single sentence I can't stand. I have to fight myself not to change my previous work.

sidney · Oct 10, 2016

Well I don't think I have that problem because I don't write articles online, so I don't really need to research. If ever I will venture in that area though, I think I would choose topics that are not hard to write about so that I won't have to spend that much time researching and it will require less effort.

Laneorexorcist · Oct 10, 2016

I can relate to you, gurl. When I am interested in a topic I literally don't stop until I know pretty much everything and/or have seen a lot of images and opinions about it. And when it comes to homework things get worse because sometimes there's so much information that you could use but don't really know how to put it together with the rest of the task and you end up wasting that information and at the end of the day... wasting more time. But I think that on those occasions I just need to put my mind into the goal, nothing more, nothing less.

CT422 · Oct 10, 2016

Well you just helped me remember I've had my word processor open for two days. This almost always happens when I'm trying to write something and I pause to do some research. Luckily, none of what I'm writing is for a class or work. The internet makes it so easy to procrastinate, too, almost too easy.

Aree Wongwanlee · Oct 10, 2016

Yes, being on the Web is an easy way to get lost in other things other than what we should be doing. That happens very often to me. So now, I have a schedule. I will not look at Facebook until I have finished my work. Usually, I look at Facebook at the end of the day. It's a good way to pass some time pleasantly before I go to sleep.

DDNatureLover · Oct 10, 2016

I tend to do this with things such as medical conditions, or solutions to problems, such as the best way to paint a wall or repair something around the house. I think in some cases, it's a mental trick I play on myself because I don't want to do the task, but want to feel as if I'm addressing the issue. I sometimes will also do this because since money is so tight, I figure I'll do research ahead of time and by the time I have the money to take care of the situation I'll know how I want to handle it, but I will sometimes get bogged down in the details, and ultimately waste a bunch of time and not accomplish much.

kelden · Oct 10, 2016

An overload of information is not something convenient at all, is better to narrow it towards the critical information. You can read a lot about a subject but memorize little since you didn't focus on anything but to read several different facts and things like that, the key to actually learn it is to focus over the most simple fact to understand, understand it completely and move on to more complex. Just like learning to draw accurate points and vectors on a cartesian system before moving on to derivative calculus. Or trying to understand the facts that caused Second World War before moving onto memorizing the things that happened there. Don't just read, understand.

clair02 · Oct 10, 2016

We live in the Golden Era - the information age. Unfortunately, too much information is the number one reason for people not taking any action. As humans when we are given too much information or too many choices, we tend not to take any of the choice. I also used to suffer from 'analysis paralysis' and I overcame this by implementing a simple little strategy into my life. Instead of taking time to get ready, aim and then fire, now I go 'Ready, FIRE, Aim!' This is the only way that I can actually get things done. I can always tweak and improve later, but at least it's done. This works especially well when it comes to writing for my blog.

explorerX7 · Oct 11, 2016

I have been caught up in the too-much-time-spent-on-resarch situation also. Probably this may be the so when I am having difficulty in formulating a structure for a topic I may have thought up. This is not an ideal situation when one is writing to meet a deadline. The problem will persist because of the lack of decisiveness. I have now adopted the habit of writing something, anything to get the process going and adjusting the thought process as I go along with a less time spent on repeated research efforts.

Choochoo · Oct 11, 2016

Looking too far forward definitely hinders me as it makes the task seem much more monumental than it actually is. I've looked up some training for new skills and this was a common advice from all of them, which is to just break down the big vision into smaller parts, so I think that it is a fairly common trait in most people. I guess this is one of the biggest hurdles to accomplishing big things which is why not many people are able to.

111kg · Oct 11, 2016

A lot of people fail to understand that, yes, nowadays, for better paid jobs, you have to work with a lot of information. Take front end development for example, or trading on the stock market. But the average joe jobs that require only one skill don't require their workers to learn new things everyday. But they are paid with less money. Is this fair? If you think about it, yes, because from an economic point of view, the more information you have to work with, the more responsibility you will have and the more people you will impact.

amy88 · Oct 11, 2016

Ah, I do that too!

I tend to be a researcher/planner just by personality - I like making informed decisions and I don't do so well with rushing into things - I want to make sure that I have all the facts and take the best course of action before jumping in.

In saying that though, it can stop me from doing anything, or take me a really long time to make a decision -- and that can be tough, too! I definitely find myself procrastinating sometimes, and I think it would be easier if I didn't stress over a lot of minor details.

x0xLikeMex0x · Oct 11, 2016

Once I went to youtube and started watching music videos and 2 hours later I ended up watching a documentary about Hitlers doctor, who pretty much had the whole German nation end up as crystal meth addicts and also made Hilter a drug-addict.

And the funny thing about procrastination like that is that I don't really regret it, since I get so much interesting information. Even though it's not a good of time if you really need to finish something.

hades_leae · Oct 12, 2016

I think at a certain time in my life I had problems with lots of information like you did until I started telling myself how to analyze all the data that I was collecting. It can be overwhelming at times when you believe that you have too much to handle, but you just need to always remember what the point of doing all the research was for. Try taking some of the information you got and categorize it, break it up into portions of information so you can stay organized, and when you need to analyze what you have collected, it wouldn't just feel like you have collected a single stack of too much information, but rather just a bunch of smaller groups of information on the same topic you were researching.

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