The week before last week was pretty good. I was on track.
This past week, I wasn’t as productive. And by weekend, I let myself enjoy the weekend with friends. On Sunday, I didn’t even plan things out for the upcoming week as I should.
I suppose there are things I can do to help correct this.
1. I did some things well. In terms of working out and drinking 7 cups of water, I did well. I did that every day for the past 11 days now.
2. I sometimes carry through to get more than what I set out to do done. e.g. I got more than 100 SEOD contacts. After getting 98 and sending them out, I carried on the next day and got 40 more. I just continued to do it while in the groove.
3. I need a reminder to set weekly agenda. I don’t think Sunday morning is the best day to do this. I think it should be Sunday night. There, I just set an alarm for Sundays at 9:45pm. See how that goes.
4. Monday (yesterday) was out of whack simply because Elena couldn’t figure out shipping expedited to France. It really shouldn’t have destroyed my day. I stayed at home for an extra 2 hours trying to resolve it for her. I then decided to eat my 2nd meal at home, and I didn’t get to the library until almost 5pm. It’s brutal!
I got up at 10am, did my work out (45m), ate breakfast (45m), tried to resolve things for Elena while getting an invoice done (60m), ate lunch (45min), put dishes in the washer (60m), deliver parcel to Certified battery (40m) First off, I’m slow. These above tasks shouldn’t take so long. Workout, 30m. Breakfast, 30m. Invoice, 15m, put dishes in water, 30m. What’s wrong with me? Lack of focus.
Things that keep me from working fast: distractions of checking phone, distraction of listening to audio or watching video while doing things, lack of clear goal when set out to do stuff, lack of time awareness, lack of agenda for the day.
So I know exactly what is wrong.
Ok so here’s how to fix it:
- Have clear agenda for the day, first thing. This is a MUST. If there’s a fire to put out, see if can first spend 15minutes creating agenda for the day.
- Have clear goal in mind before starting a time block. e.g. For the next 45 minutes I’m going to accomplish this, then take a 15 minute break. Or, for the next 20 minutes, I’ll do this, then take a 10 minute break. Or, I will need to get 100 contacts. I’ll spend 45 minutes on it an see how far I get, and plan accordingly.
- Have time limit on things. Use timer if applicable. e.g. Work out for 30 minutes only, eat for 30 minutes only. If needed, take short breaks, but don’t mix eating with break and turning it into one hour breaks. Learn to take TV breaks or audio breaks NOT while doing other things.
- Do ONE THING AT A TIME!
- Daily Goal reading and visualizing. I need to set aside time to do this. It’ll help remind me what I’m going after.
- Go to bed before midnight. Start the day at 7am if possible. Do my best. Hard coded times add stress and I can never last in that kind of schedule.
- Take action. Action cures fear and stress. Get on it as soon as possible. Start the movement and let the groove come.