"Get a bit of work done." means you are going to do a little of the work you need to do, but you are not going to do all of it. People use this when they want to do enough work that they feel like they have accomplished enough to allow them to stop, to not feel like they wasted the day, or to justify doing something else more fun. It doesn't have to always be "work.: For example, "I got a bit of laundry done this morning, so I treated myself to a trip to Starbucks." Or "I got a bit of studying done this afternoon, so now I'm going to meet my friends for dinner."