I have a very bad habit of trying to do eveything myself, learn from me.

I’ve been working a mainstream shopping cart site for some friends (getting paid) and it’s been a royal pain in the butt. I’ve installed and set up these packages before, even have one of my own thats laying somewhat dormant.

I’ve even used TM templates and set one up for a local business. Pretty easy stuff. Well, Until this one.

Since this one was for a friend, I wanted to do it right, with all the right mods. Well crap was a great thought. I’ve installed mods and add-ons before, but only to a stock store. It’s so much more fun when your using a template where much of of the code is different or has been changed. Plus the fact that I am not CSS or PHP guru, it was kicking my ass.

Probably two days spent trying to get one add-on to work right, what a waste. I finally got a little smarter and asked a friend. Little over 20 minutes later and my Epass $25 lightly, it worked perfectly. Should have done it two days earlier.

Don’t catch my bad habit.

Well, okay, it’s not really that dramatic.

I don’t know how you work, but I often find myself sitting staring at the computer screen not sure what to do next or what needs to be done. Of course it’s all up there in my head, but doesn’t always make it out to my fingers and the keyboard.

One thing I’ve been trying to do more of, is using checklists. Actually it started out with my wife. It was much easier for her to have a list, so she could follow a schedule if you will, working through each task and knowing what was done and what needed to be done. I have to admit, after making my own, I do seem to get more done. I believe the biggest reason is that it keeps me more on track, not jumping from project to project.

Take it a step futher and have a to-do list that you can check off as you go as well.

Might sound silly but you’d be amazed how much more you get done when you get to checking.