…. I suspect that sooner or later I’ll be making another post about how it’s often not just a matter of “agreeing to differ” about what you are meant to be doing, but sometimes one person is right. Just need to clarify my thoughts on this….and about what you can use to guide yourself in that “is this what I should be doing *right now* question.

Owen – I watched the Wesch video a couple of weeks ago and vlogging and talking into a webcam is high on my mind, as I’ve put myself down to do a session about it at the unconf in a couple of weeks. I wonder if somehow the act of practising staring into a webcam and just talking brought the “who are you” exercise to mind…I am certainly finding the act of vlogging is making me very self conscious of how I am presenting myself and the assumptions I am making about what I am doing at any one time….hmmmm…

Your example of asking ‘who are you’ again and again, reminded me of the points Michael makes about how vlogging on YouTube, by removing context from your remarks (i.e. you are talking to noone directly, but anyone may listen at any time in the future), makes you much more reflective (it’s around 21 mins into the talk)

So possibly one suggestion to get reflection on these issues is to vlog about them (and encourage others to do so as well)

Is this what I should be doing RIGHT NOW?

In other words, is what I am doing now the best use of my time. Sometimes you should be doing something very professional–such as planning a new service, but sometimes telling a customer where the restrooms are is the best use of your time–at that particular instant.

Asking yourself this several times a day will help you keep on track and minimize the time wasted by getting distracted with minutiae or interesting-but-not-important tasks.