I am seriously considering putting myself on a schedule when I'm at home, to see how that goes. If nothing else, perhaps it will make weekends seem more, you know, like weekends? I'm thinking
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Currently, I'm contracted to work a certain amount of hours per week, but when I do that work is up to me. I'm a very organised sort of person, but also the kind who likes to get chores and the like out of the way early on so that I can play without feeling guilty. I've fallen into a routine of working three mornings a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday usually) but I'll extend that into working on the other two mornings if necessary. I tend to have things like shots and the like on Tuesdays so that turns into my errand day. That's similar to your routine that you'd roughly drafted so maybe that is something you can work with. Maybe come up with a routine and try it for a week or so to see if it's something you can live with or not, and adapt as necessary.
I don't know if this will work for you but I outline all of my projects and assign due dates to each step. I try to stagger the tasks so that ones I don't like are followed by rewards, etc. But within the day I am very flexible. Some mornings I get to work and decide to slog through the things I don't like and to the fun stuff in the afternoon. Some days it's the other way around. Many days I don't make it through my list. The only rule that turns out to be key is to only answer my email in the AM, after lunch, and (maybe) before I head out for the day.
Not a fan of self-disciplineext_193038June 10 2009, 04:36:52 UTC
Lists . . . with tick boxes. Schedules don't work for me. I'm immature and immediately bulk at a self-imposed structure to my time. With lists, as I see the boxes fall, I get a sense of freedom as my constraints decrease. Of course a bit planned self-indulgence when it's all accomplished doesn't go astray either.
I'm a great scheduler but have the set-back of feeling guilty if I'm not working 24/7.
I don't know if others experience this, but it is not helped by those who have more "conventional" workdays and thus don't connect the dots that when I'm grocery shopping in the middle of the afternoon (or, you know, napping) it's tempered by my work day starting early and extending into the evening. Or that in my work life when I'm out to dinner w/a client it's not recreational.
Personally, as with most people I know where their ability to think and articulate interesting/original ideas is their business, the time spent away from the work-life is essential.
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I don't know if this will work for you but I outline all of my projects and assign due dates to each step. I try to stagger the tasks so that ones I don't like are followed by rewards, etc. But within the day I am very flexible. Some mornings I get to work and decide to slog through the things I don't like and to the fun stuff in the afternoon. Some days it's the other way around. Many days I don't make it through my list. The only rule that turns out to be key is to only answer my email in the AM, after lunch, and (maybe) before I head out for the day.
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I don't know if others experience this, but it is not helped by those who have more "conventional" workdays and thus don't connect the dots that when I'm grocery shopping in the middle of the afternoon (or, you know, napping) it's tempered by my work day starting early and extending into the evening. Or that in my work life when I'm out to dinner w/a client it's not recreational.
Personally, as with most people I know where their ability to think and articulate interesting/original ideas is their business, the time spent away from the work-life is essential.
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