I've had the flu for a week. I felt like everything was closing in on me. It was also my birthday this week and aside from the Facebook posts, it was quite a lonely birthday. Saturday I started feeling normal and started deep cleaning the house. I had tons on my to do list but I felt like my environment needed to be flawless before I could jump in. Some call it procrastination. But I feel amazing right now. My house is in order and my work space was ready to go when I got up this morning! I had already written my to do list for the week and prioritized it so that I could hit the ground running this morning. And I've been productive!!
The key is having systems in place. Having discipline. Something I'm working harder on. As a business owner in my mid-thirties, I should have this together! I've never had a good habit of opening mail. Everything is auto pay so I just stick it on the counter until the counter gets out of control and then put it in my office. My office became a dumping ground of paper work for 3 months. I HATE paperwork. I hate filing. But I hate it more that I spent 8 hours on a Sunday organizing and filing. So today I put an alarm on my phone to go off every night at 5:30 to sort my boys' school work, bills and mail. I know that spending 5 to 10 minutes each night will save me this long wasted day that I could have spent on a project that needed uninterrupted long hours of focus time. I know it's a simple concept and you probably have this under control, but maybe there is something else you need to focus on for 5 to 10 minutes a day so your weekend is not consumed.
What kind of systems do you have in place to save time?
The key is having systems in place. Having discipline. Something I'm working harder on. As a business owner in my mid-thirties, I should have this together! I've never had a good habit of opening mail. Everything is auto pay so I just stick it on the counter until the counter gets out of control and then put it in my office. My office became a dumping ground of paper work for 3 months. I HATE paperwork. I hate filing. But I hate it more that I spent 8 hours on a Sunday organizing and filing. So today I put an alarm on my phone to go off every night at 5:30 to sort my boys' school work, bills and mail. I know that spending 5 to 10 minutes each night will save me this long wasted day that I could have spent on a project that needed uninterrupted long hours of focus time. I know it's a simple concept and you probably have this under control, but maybe there is something else you need to focus on for 5 to 10 minutes a day so your weekend is not consumed.
What kind of systems do you have in place to save time?