We all waste time at work sometimes, and usually a little time wasted does no harm. However, I literally have no time to waste. I get two full days to work, period, each week. I’m a single work-at-home mama, who homeschools, so time is tight. My son’s dad has our son Friday evenings through Sunday evenings which is when I do the bulk of my work – that by the way means; I try to get everything done for the upcoming week (currently about 3 articles and enough posts for around 10 blogs). It’s near impossible. Actually it is impossible. I’ve never, not once, had a week where I get it all done on the weekend.

Partly, this is because I’m working with a small amount of time, but also I waste some of my time. Last week I made a list of all the ways I waste time.

• Not knowing what to blog about first.
• Email, or should I say EMAIL!
• Moderating and responding to blog comments.
• Breaks during work hours.
• Getting side tracked while posting.
• Forums.
• Sleep, meals, and exercise.
• Twitter.

Some of these problems are larger than others. I also jotted down some solutions, including some solutions directly related me only having two days to work in the first place.

Over the next couple of days I’ll be posting my solutions – and how they’re working. I put some into motion this weekend. If you’re wasting time in the same ways that I do, or if you’re a single work-at-home parent maybe my solutions will help you to improve your productivity too.

What ways are you wasting time during work hours?