Jenna Marbles Quotes

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.

That's the rational premise behind my spending hours of billable time adjusting my Facebook preferences. The real reason, of course, for all this stuff, is that it provides a way to blow off work you should be doing, while creating the illusion that you are achieving something.

I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.

I love writing essays and articles, so it's hard for me to resist taking assignments that inevitably pull me away from larger projects.

I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two things at once.

During my long study sessions in the library, I found myself watching YouTube videos during study breaks.

I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.

I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles.

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much.

I think of myself as naturally idle. The trouble is, the 'nothing' that I do every day is not really nothing. I potter. I muck about with emails, I make coffee, I fiddle with my computer to make sure that the book I haven't started writing is perfectly synced across all platforms and devices.

Here's the problem with phones - they are a ready-made diversion from the considerably harder work of growing a business.

I have always had trouble paying attention. When I was supposed to be at work, I'd be doodling. But then when I was home, trying to draw, I would be working on math problems. I never end up doing exactly what I should be doing at at any given time.

Starting with 'Forever, Interrupted,' I somehow convinced myself that in order to create content, I had to consume content. What this means is that I have legitimized binge-watching television and told myself that I must do it for work.

It would probably be better if I got involved in fewer things just because I'd have more time to write for my own purposes... But if somebody calls you up with a really cool project, it's hard to just say 'no' because you don't feel like working.

I am terrible at doing nothing. I'm not brilliant at doing one thing at a time, either. Ideally, I would fill out my tax return while watching a film; peel potatoes while reading the post; send emails in the bath.

An awesome thing about starting your own business? There's no one there to tell you what to do! But that, you might quickly discover, is a double-edged sword. If you're not careful, you won't shower for four days straight, and you'll spend half your time researching 'girly, stylish office' on Pinterest instead of getting any real work done.

I am a workaholic and can do four things at a time.

It seems to me that it's actually harder to invent excuses than it is to get a sale.