1) Figure out what you think is a satisfactory tagging speed. Give hard numbers, like at least once every 2 days, or within an hour of receiving a tag. For me, I'm happy if I can return someone's tag once a day, but you might hold yourself to a different standard than that. It's good to work this out so you don't always think "Argh I'm so slow!!" even when you've actually been quick.
2) Set yourself a time limit for cranking out tags, and have something to indicate when time's up. I used to use a one hour alarm, and now I use a 50 minute soundtrack specifically for tagging. The time limit forces you to be faster with tags so you don't agonise over them for an unnecessarily long length of time. You don't need to get all your tags done, but you'll likely get more done. I prefer a soundtrack over an alarm since the current song gives me a good idea of how much time I have left.
3) Remove other distractions. Shut off Plurk, Skype, AIM, etc. I don't think I need to say why |3b
Re: Lysoke
1) Figure out what you think is a satisfactory tagging speed. Give hard numbers, like at least once every 2 days, or within an hour of receiving a tag. For me, I'm happy if I can return someone's tag once a day, but you might hold yourself to a different standard than that. It's good to work this out so you don't always think "Argh I'm so slow!!" even when you've actually been quick.
2) Set yourself a time limit for cranking out tags, and have something to indicate when time's up. I used to use a one hour alarm, and now I use a 50 minute soundtrack specifically for tagging. The time limit forces you to be faster with tags so you don't agonise over them for an unnecessarily long length of time. You don't need to get all your tags done, but you'll likely get more done. I prefer a soundtrack over an alarm since the current song gives me a good idea of how much time I have left.
3) Remove other distractions. Shut off Plurk, Skype, AIM, etc. I don't think I need to say why |3b