Not Enough Hours In The Day Make A List

byAlexEvans

11.9K followers

6 years ago

Time can be our friend, that feeling we get when we achieve what we want to get done can be hard to beat. On the flip side, that feeling we get when we don't achieve what we set out to do can be overwhelming.

When we come to the online world most of us already have busy lives and internet marketing is just something that we have to fit into already busy schedules. When that learning and implementation curve becomes particularly steep it can be a struggle.

You may know that feeling, just before you get to that yes this will work........ I can do this moment........... just when you have one too many tasks on the go. That time when it can go good or in the next breath go bad.

That realization sets in that you may just be time poor. Too many tasks and not enough hours in the day. From experience, you can only keep a level of high intensity going for a short burst, it is not sustainable.

Well, a focused intensity that is.

Just at that point in time myself, a couple of projects taking more resources and time to get them to where they should be. It is at this point frustration can set in, you are furiously digging that hole and just happen to break the shovel handle at the bottom, on the very same day you forgot to take a ladder with you. It is times like this, that you need a plan to move things forward.

A list to the rescue

Make a list easy peasy. The good thing about a list is putting a line through the completed tasks, it brings a sense of order and achievement. I have been under a bit of pressure and this has worked for me.

Just thought that I would share, one of my nieces is one of those super organized ladies, I am sure folks duck for cover when they see her coming. Lists are her favorite thing, one of her tricks is that she actually puts tasks on the list that she has already done, which sounds counterproductive, but it actually works, kind of gives you that little pep up.

I have tried it to good effect, it helps build some momentum. what has really worked for me is that each day I try and do one big thing. If we are thinking in terms of our online businesses, then just one thing, it can be anything that helps build the bigger picture.

Then I try and do three what I call builder tasks, ones that are working toward the big task. They are more like component tasks, a little building block.

Then I try and do five mini tasks, which in turn leads into the medium tasks. It is a mindset thing it is quite empowering because it gives that sense of achievement, without that sense of paralysis, that can set in when there is just too much happening all at once.

In a way, it is about building infrastructure and developing systems that help us to achieve the goals that we have set.

This kind of list is systematic which in turn stops things from becoming problematic. We can become so busy being busy, that we are not really making progress. Every little thing that you are doing becomes part of the whole, it works a treat.

Real keen to hear how folks tackle the issue of getting things done in a timely fashion.
Many thanks
Alex Evans.

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