TSP2013 - Computer Time

Computer Time
Watercolour and Ink

I spend a great deal of the day on the computer answering phones for TicketWindow.ca, doing design work, writing, reading, creating, social networking, etc. That would be extremely boring to draw. So, to represent my computer time, I give you logos of the sites and programs that I use most often. Yes, there are many other sites and programs I also use, but these ones are opened nearly every day.

Lumosity, Daily Challenge, and most of my email and Facebook time is actually completed before 9:00am. Everything else gets fit in between T.W. calls.

According to RescueTime.com, this is a typical week for me on the computer:

Rescue Time Chart for week of July 29 to August 4, 2012
Screen Capture

According to RescueTime I am more productive than 86% of people (it does vary from day to day, hour to hour).

Rescue Time Productivity Email

I don't always feel productive.

One of the beauties of setting up routines is that I can work on automatic pilot for most of the tedious day-to-day tasks, allowing me to free up my mind and time for the creative tasks.

You may also view my uploads on my Art House Co-op profile for The Sketchbook Project 2013.

TSP 2013 - Work Day Starts

Work Day Starts
Pen and Ink with Watercolour

This image is in the wrong order. There are several other household and computer tasks I do before 9:00am, when my work day starts, but I was so excited about drawing the app logos yesterday that I drew this logo today (spoiler alert: I'll draw more logos tomorrow).

I work from home answering phones for TicketWindow.ca. TicketWindow sells tickets for different events and performances throughout Canada (Mostly in New Brunswick, Ontario, and Alberta). Right now, being that it is summer, the phones are not very busy. We do have times when the phones are ringing off the hook, but we are in our slow season. I can and do other work between calls, both on and off the computer. I am tethered to the computer because I use VOIP for TW through my desktop computer, but I have a long cord on my headset.

During the day I get caught up on email, webdesign, social networking, logo design and other client work, blog posting, working on my book(s), working on various projects of my own, research, read, and online education. I also do a bit of housework to force me to stretch my legs (nothing that keeps me off the phone for extended periods of time).  And, of course, I do sketching and artwork...which I can be completed from my computer chair.

You may also view my uploads on my Art House Co-op profile for The Sketchbook Project 2013.