Wasting Time

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Wasting Time without Even Knowing It

Moving on, you know, it's amazing how much time we waste doing nothing useful even when it seems we are. 

Someone pointed this out to me four or five years ago and said hey, I have something for you to test. 

Move to another

Move to another area where the routines of daily life are different than what you have right now. Move far enough away so that you don’t interact with the same people every day and aren’t surrounded by the old social circle and environments.

I would start preparing now, you might also want to consider moving in the summer if your children are of school age so you don’t interrupt their school work.

You don’t necessarily have to move across the country – two hours of driving distance will do. What you’re seeking is a new normalcy – a new set of routines that don’t involve many of the influences that would pull you back into bad habits.

Next time you're doing a big job

Next time you're doing a big job such as writing a report, or building a site, record how much work you do, how much you get done over how much time, then report back to me in the morning. 

I guarantee you I can triple the amount you got done without sacrificing quality the next day. Intrigued I did as she said. Came back the next day and she demonstrated to me how much time I was wasting doing irrelevant things. Either catching news reports on TV, going to grab some food, speak to some friends for a few minutes, flick through the tracks on my MP3 player between each song trying to find the good ones and so on. 

So here’s the thing. When you work try to either, keep a timetable, a set of goals, or at the very least a record of how much you're achieving and cut out all distractions. 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling you lazy. I know you want to move forward or else you wouldn't be reading this right now. 

Take some time out to work on your business. Sit down, remove all distractions and just work, straight, for 12 hours. Taking a look around on my desk now I have my headphones on, with set play list going, I have my keyboard, a watch, and a glass of iced water. 

That's it, nothing more. The best thing about this is there are no distractions, and I get work done. 

It's amazing how time flies and the work amount and quality is affected through distractions. Try it, you might just find the pace of things pick up. 

From The Desk Of: GNich