Are You Willing to Put in the Work?
Published on April 21, 2023
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At the moment, I have no work. It's not a fun place to be and I strongly dislike it, but I decided that I would start putting the same effort into my own projects as I would with a regular job . . . to an extent.
I find it really difficult to stay focused on one thing all day, so I wrote down my various projects and prioritized them. This priority list lives on my bulletin board and every morning, I set up a Pomodoro app with 30 minute sessions to cover 6 hours in a day. Each hour is dedicated to one priority from my list.
Moving from project to project allows my ADHD brain to stay focused and the Pomodoro method works well to give me little breaks after each 30 minute session.
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Now, I haven't worked an 8 hour job for nearly 2 decades. I've had a lot of part time jobs and some of the medical translation jobs I do are upwards of 10 hours at a time. However, those are really active, with new patients every few minutes, so it doesn't feel like 10 hours. Sitting down and putting in the six hours at my desk feels good, but it's a bit challenging.
Also, since I'm working from home, I'm still looking after kids (we homeschool our three sons), managing emails and messages from assorted people, getting meds and/or food for anyone coming by for help, cooking food for the family, baking bread, and taking a moment to play with one of our cats. In short, it's six hours of actual butt in chair time, but it's not the only thing I do in the day.
In just a few days of doing this, I've seen some major improvements. I'm seeing more traffic to my sites, plus my sites are growing rapidly, content-wise. The novel I'm working on is pushing 35k already and will be ready to go by the end of the month. We're getting new clients for our sublimation business, thanks to extra time spent on marketing. In short, putting in the time is definitely making a difference!
Are you willing to put in the time? Of course, not everyone is able to do a full day of work on their sites, but do you maximize the time you do have?
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