How the freak do I sit down and actually do work?

[GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat]

I’m not used to this type of work at all but with all this time in my hands I have to actually do some work on the computer.

I am a childminder, not working with children right now obviously. But I have so much paperwork to do, catching up, current work and getting ahead, that I need to learn how actually sit down and be productive.

I’ve never had an office job so my attention span for this type of thing is diabolical!

Any tips?

Make a timetable for your day, allocating time for all the non-work stuff too. Put away your phone apart from at break times.

just tell yourself you'll do 5 minutes. I find just making a start, anywhere, gets me going. Fully allow yourself to stop after 5 mins if you need to. Set a timer. If you DO need to, then have a 10 min break and then go back and do another 5 mins. I always get into it though and tell my five minute alarm to shut up.