Watching TV while doing online job

Philippines
January 11, 2012 8:25am CST
Good day dear fellow mylotters, A while ago, when I was watching television, there are a lot of good topics coming to my mind. And I can even construct it immediately while I am focused on the show that I am watching. But now, when I have the chance to go online, all of the ideas created on my mind was all gone. That, those topics which I have constructed in my mind while watching suddenly gone. And now, I cannot create a good quality topic to post. Hence, I am thinking, perhaps, I should watch the TV while doing online job for me to have more ideas.
17 responses
@FluxNL (503)
• Netherlands
11 Jan 12
You can write the ideas down when you have one in your head. Take a piece of paper and a pencil. When you're watching the show and you get a idea ou write it immediatly down! So you can watch it later and try to make a good topic :) Have fun making topics and Mylotting!
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@bhonti (1246)
• Philippines
11 Jan 12
Me too, I get a lot of ideas from the television. And, like you, I used to forget all the ideas that I was getting. So what I did was I took notes, even just by using my cellphone. Just type the keywords, and they will help you remember the topics you have constructed in your mind..
• Philippines
11 Jan 12
That is a good idea. Well, maybe I should give it a try. Cheers Bhonti
@maezee (41985)
• United States
19 Jan 12
I think my internet is a little too slow for this kind of thing. But I have done it in the past and I find it hard to split up my attention between these two things - unless what I'm watching doesn't really hold my interest. Multi-tasking has always been a struggle for me, though...I guess if you can do two things at once, it's a good idea.
@ankit_620 (496)
• India
13 Jan 12
You know airashelia i have always listened to music while doing an online job, not always but sometimes.But this what you have just told me "Watching TV while doing an online job" i think its great i would surely like to try this.It may help me as well and i might get some great ideas and topics.Thanls airasheila
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
20 Sep 12
hi, for me, i dont want to watch a television while doing an online earning it because the noise and other entertaining series will distract me to participate and focus on what i am doing.
• Philippines
11 Jan 12
Well, it could work for you. But for me, I think it won't work at all. I am not really a fan of multitasking .I love focusing on the thing that I am doing so if I watch the television, I will surely won't be able to do myLotting. Maybe only during commercials. But yes, the television is a great source of ideas and information that can really help you put something into writing. I suggest that you go on watching the television and jot down on a sheet of paper those thoughts that are flowing while you are at it. Then after you have finished watching the television, move over to myLotting and browse on the list of topics that you have gathered from watching the television. I am sure that what you have watched in the television will surely overflow back again and you will be able to recall them with the notes that you made while watching. Just my two cents in.
• Philippines
11 Jan 12
Hello AgentGulaman, Well, you are absolutely right. What will work for me might not be applicable to others. As you have said, you need some focusing on your job. And you cannot watch while doing something. And I am also like this sometimes.
@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
11 Jan 12
I suggest you to write it down when your idea comes, this is the most efficient way to remember something you think of.
@TrvlArrngr (4044)
• United States
12 Jan 12
I always watch tv while working online. I just need something on in the background.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
12 Jan 12
I don't think that I would personally be able to effectively work while I was watching television. However, I do find that it is a good thing to keep some scratch paper and a pen close to you when you are watching television so that you can jot down any ideas that you have while you are watching television. Now, it might be the case that you could effectively work while you are watching television, but I don't think that most people are able to do that.
@megamatt (14290)
• United States
13 Jan 12
I think that there are a lot of times where I watch television or if I listen to the radio, there are just a lot of ideas that come to mind. Granted, when I actually sit down and try to write those ideas, they don't exactly really work out as planned but it is most certainly the thought that really does count. Still there is no shortage of inspiration. The news especially. Watching the news, you'll find something that will disturb you just a little bit to say the very least. There will be just a lot about the news that is going to have some things to write about. Its just a matter of finding something that is going to be interesting enough for you to write. At least that's how I see things.
@jricky1 (6797)
• China
12 Jan 12
Yeah,sometimes the ideas just came to our mind and i must write them down so as to post my discussions.lol,it is really amazing that you are inspaird by some exotic things and then keep people thinking and discussion.lol,have a nice day.And maybe i will review my tv shows after start the discussions.
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
11 Jan 12
YEs I watching TV while working on online my two serial is most important both are hindi serials on colors and star plus. So if I am working on that time when serial start then start the TV and work on net.
12 Jan 12
This is the common problem for every human, by the way it is the nature of each human kind. I am using packet diary to avoid this problem. Whenever the dream or certain idea came to my mind, i immediately make a note of them. Instead of individual papers you can use seperate diary for better results. Try to write points that can easily understood by yourself at the time of reference.
• India
12 Jan 12
For me ideas strike not necessarily when I sit before my monitor or TV but when I'm doing something else. I use the memo pad on my mobile phone to immediately make a note of the key idea for the topic. I also add one or two small words about what I would be writing. When I have time to go online, I open the memo pad and depending upon which topic triggers more detailed ideas, I post that here!
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
11 Jan 12
This usually happens to me. A lot of possible topics comes to your mind when watching TV and for some reason you forget them all when you're about to post it here. That's why lately I sort of have a small notebook nearby in which I usually jot down the possible topics that had crossed my mind.
@sjlskl (3382)
• Singapore
11 Jan 12
Instead of watching TV and typing here, why not take a notebook and jolt down all the ideas. You can come back here and contribute once you are done with the TV programme.
@cearn25 (3452)
• Philippines
11 Jan 12
When I want to watch TV, I also do work online in order to save time and earn more. I am not destructed since I focus in my laptop when it is having commercials. When the show starts, I stop for a while. I love it because I don't just earn, I am also entertained.