A modern guide to maximizing your time and getting the most out of life.
Learn To Work Within Your Energy Cycles.
We all have cycles, ups and down and we need to incorporate those into our lists. We need to look at our tasks and realize that right now just is not a good time to do task number three but you can knock out task numbers two and four today. Forcing yourself to do task is not the best way to get things done. Now, if you have a deadline, what you should be asking is how did you allow the deadline to become so pressing? What did you put off that you should have been doing yesterday when you had the energy to get stuff done?
You need to work around your internal clock and stop working according to the 9 to 5 Monday through Friday clock. You see that clock is not the best way to get work done. And I can already hear many of your saying that your boss won’t let you do that. I would be willing to bet that if you got 95% of all your assignments done on time or early you boss would not care what hours you worked.
At Work
So you have three tasks to work on today. One is making a phone call, one is reviewing some paperwork and the other is to create something (such as writing a proposal or laying out a new display or writing some small computer application). Before you start on any of the tasks, take a gut check, what do you feel like doing?
Do you feel ready to tackle something creative? Then do it. Do it NOW. But if you don’t feel that creative then tackle one of the other tasks. Forcing yourself to do something when it just does not feel right will not get anything accomplished. You will also find that after accomplishing some other task you now feel ready to tackle the creative task. A day filled with marked off tasks just seems to push you to want to do even more.
At Home
Do you feel up to raking the leaves or would you rather wash the dishes? Do the task that you feel ready to tackle, then go and do the other tasks. You will find that you have more energy for taking on the second task due to the sense of accomplishment gained when you completed the first task.
If you do not feel up to the second task, look at some things on tomorrows list and see if they can be done today instead. Be flexible and move stuff around to fit you mood. You will find yourself getting more done and even though you did something today instead of tomorrow you will usually find that by the end of the week you are looking for new things to do since you have already finished all the tasks on your list.
Believe me, by simply following these guidelines, you WILL get more out of each day and find the time to enjoy your life.
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