027 Getting Back to Work – ProductivityCast

Have you ever taken time off of work and returned to find yourself not being as productive as you’d like? Whether it’s for a couple days away to a longer hiatus, leaving work behind and then getting back to work can be challenging to your productivity and systems. In this episode, the ProductivityCast team discusses how to get back to work effectively. Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, thanks for listening! If you'd like to discuss this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post). In this Cast | Getting Back to Work Ray Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud Francis Wade Art Gelwicks Show Notes | Getting Back to Work Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. 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Read More 1 00:00:00,030 --> 00:00:03,870 are you ready to manage your work and 2 00:00:02,159 --> 00:00:06,120 personal world better to live a 3 00:00:03,870 --> 00:00:07,350 fulfilling productive life then you've 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,780 come to the right place 5 00:00:07,350 --> 00:00:12,090 productivity cast the weekly show about 6 00:00:09,780 --> 00:00:14,480 all things productivity here are your 7 00:00:12,090 --> 00:00:18,150 hosts ray Sydney Smith and Augusto 8 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:20,160 pronounces weight and art Galax welcome 9 00:00:18,150 --> 00:00:22,380 back everybody to productivity cast the 10 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,330 weekly show about all things personal 11 00:00:22,380 --> 00:00:25,970 productivity I'm ray Sydney Smith and 12 00:00:24,330 --> 00:00:28,590 I'm joined here with Augusto pinaud 13 00:00:25,970 --> 00:00:31,289 Frances weight and art Galax welcome 14 00:00:28,590 --> 00:00:35,910 gentlemen to the show thank you great to 15 00:00:31,289 --> 00:00:37,670 be here hey guys how's it going pretty 16 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:41,820 well pretty well how's it going with you 17 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:43,770 I've discovered that I've managed to do 18 00:00:41,820 --> 00:00:47,250 something unfortunate to my Chromebook 19 00:00:43,770 --> 00:00:49,110 there's a setting in most of these that 20 00:00:47,250 --> 00:00:51,660 allow you to change your trackpad to 21 00:00:49,110 --> 00:00:53,760 what's called Australian mode and I'm 22 00:00:51,660 --> 00:00:57,690 thinking oh that would be cool no it 23 00:00:53,760 --> 00:01:03,210 turns the trackpad upside down like the 24 00:00:57,690 --> 00:01:05,100 toilets right roll is now upside down 25 00:01:03,210 --> 00:01:07,680 now so my prod productivity is 26 00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:12,060 officially half today because every 27 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:14,400 scroll is taking twice so yep yep I 28 00:01:12,060 --> 00:01:16,830 totally get that that's like the on max 29 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,380 you can you can scroll two finger scroll 30 00:01:16,830 --> 00:01:21,810 up or down on the touchpad and of course 31 00:01:19,380 --> 00:01:24,930 I'm very skeuomorphic so I believe that 32 00:01:21,810 --> 00:01:26,759 the pad should be you should push up in 33 00:01:24,930 --> 00:01:28,200 order to push a piece of paper up and so 34 00:01:26,759 --> 00:01:30,540 therefore that should be the way the 35 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:33,000 browser and all browsing should take 36 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:35,430 place on the screen other people 37 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,409 swipe down as though you have a cursor 38 00:01:35,430 --> 00:01:39,960 right so if you take the cursor to the 39 00:01:37,409 --> 00:01:41,909 scroll bar you would drag it down but 40 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:44,070 that's actually not how you would swipe 41 00:01:41,909 --> 00:01:46,979 on a screen most certainly not 42 00:01:44,070 --> 00:01:48,750 so I've matched the screen concept and 43 00:01:46,979 --> 00:01:52,649 there's a hefty debate about which is 44 00:01:48,750 --> 00:01:54,899 the quote-unquote right way but well I'm 45 00:01:52,649 --> 00:01:57,630 going to need to internet Sarah here the 46 00:01:54,899 --> 00:01:59,790 right way is sweet hop as you were 47 00:01:57,630 --> 00:02:02,340 describing the other ways a Windows way 48 00:01:59,790 --> 00:02:05,490 didn't work on Windows hasn't work well 49 00:02:02,340 --> 00:02:07,799 in Windows I may need to say but you 50 00:02:05,490 --> 00:02:09,690 know us with the water on the toilet 51 00:02:07,799 --> 00:02:12,750 happened I don't know if that discussion 52 00:02:09,690 --> 00:02:13,560 but let me say it the Australian Way as 53 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:16,470 your discs are 54 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:18,840 is what the Mac did in virgin years ago 55 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:20,580 I don't remember now which operating 56 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,800 system when they invert it to make it 57 00:02:20,580 --> 00:02:25,500 exactly what ray was describing you want 58 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:28,410 to go up you push it so the screen goes 59 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:31,140 up and down that is after you I agree 60 00:02:28,410 --> 00:02:33,900 that if you have never used it at the 61 00:02:31,140 --> 00:02:36,120 beginning it takes a little bit more but 62 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:40,680 as soon as you get used when you need to 63 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:43,140 go back to the cursor mode it it doesn't 64 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,390 makes the cursor mode doesn't make sense 65 00:02:43,140 --> 00:02:48,480 I don't wait so you're telling me that 66 00:02:45,390 --> 00:02:51,720 this Australian mode of scrolling is the 67 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:56,760 standard on the Mac yeah I know to turn 68 00:02:51,720 --> 00:03:02,880 it off thank you for making that 69 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:03,510 decision easy well let's let's get back 70 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,030 on track 71 00:03:03,510 --> 00:03:08,640 and and it's kind of the topic of our 72 00:03:06,030 --> 00:03:10,200 discussion today which is back to work 73 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:12,140 what we're talking about in terms of 74 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:16,049 back to work today is really how to 75 00:03:12,140 --> 00:03:18,359 become productive after being away from 76 00:03:16,049 --> 00:03:21,900 work for a while and this could be 77 00:03:18,359 --> 00:03:25,170 planned and unplanned or unplanned time 78 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:28,440 away it could be short or long in terms 79 00:03:25,170 --> 00:03:30,930 of duration and so I wanted to start off 80 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:33,359 with what are the various reasons why 81 00:03:30,930 --> 00:03:34,769 people are away and Augusto maybe you 82 00:03:33,359 --> 00:03:37,829 can tell us a little bit about the 83 00:03:34,769 --> 00:03:40,410 impetus the genesis for having brought 84 00:03:37,829 --> 00:03:44,100 up this topic in the first place so my 85 00:03:40,410 --> 00:03:46,950 wife and I have never take a lot of 86 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:49,049 vacation understanding location you know 87 00:03:46,950 --> 00:03:51,269 the the families who are people who go 88 00:03:49,049 --> 00:03:53,609 and say okay the next seven days I'm 89 00:03:51,269 --> 00:03:57,359 going to go somewhere on off and I'm not 90 00:03:53,609 --> 00:04:00,049 going to check work email and stuff my 91 00:03:57,359 --> 00:04:04,799 wife and I have been travel with our 92 00:04:00,049 --> 00:04:08,480 work year for years and we may take a 93 00:04:04,799 --> 00:04:11,069 afternoon off but even when we go and 94 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,870 travel to a different country or to a 95 00:04:11,069 --> 00:04:16,289 different city we always travel with 96 00:04:12,870 --> 00:04:19,500 work you know there is something that we 97 00:04:16,289 --> 00:04:21,479 find rewarding about being able to work 98 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:23,909 on a different city and on a different 99 00:04:21,479 --> 00:04:26,889 environment and in many cases even super 100 00:04:23,909 --> 00:04:30,909 productive so 101 00:04:26,889 --> 00:04:33,789 so we we have never really suffered 102 00:04:30,909 --> 00:04:37,060 necessarily what people came or called 103 00:04:33,789 --> 00:04:40,240 it the back to work backlog you know but 104 00:04:37,060 --> 00:04:44,020 recently we took a trip to New Jersey 105 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:48,120 and I was particularly exhausted from 106 00:04:44,020 --> 00:04:52,629 work so I decided to Monday off and 107 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:56,979 Monday roll into Tuesday of Tuesday roll 108 00:04:52,629 --> 00:04:58,629 into Friday somehow so when when I came 109 00:04:56,979 --> 00:05:02,500 back to the office 110 00:04:58,629 --> 00:05:07,979 on on Monday I really have a significant 111 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:11,500 backlog of his stuff to take care of and 112 00:05:07,979 --> 00:05:13,469 it brought the point of all this is what 113 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:17,919 people mean was a terrible backlog and 114 00:05:13,469 --> 00:05:23,939 now what I'm going to to do with all 115 00:05:17,919 --> 00:05:28,810 this so that's how the topic of the show 116 00:05:23,939 --> 00:05:31,659 came I was curious of if we're riu SFIL 117 00:05:28,810 --> 00:05:34,690 for people to get tools on how to get 118 00:05:31,659 --> 00:05:36,669 back after those kind of things then the 119 00:05:34,690 --> 00:05:42,610 other thing that happened to me so I 120 00:05:36,669 --> 00:05:45,370 ...