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- Start work at 9am - Work for five hours till 2 (with short break for snack), only on very important stuff, no distractions/interruptions like email/chat etc.
by FleursDuMal 19y ago
- Start work at 9am
- Work for five hours till 2 (with short break for snack), only on very important stuff, no distractions/interruptions like email/chat etc. This time is for writing, designing, coding.
- After lunch, work on emails, planning, organising, less important stuff etc for 2 or 3 hours
- Finish at 6, personal stuff afterwards
As long as there are no distractions, and I get 5 hours of uninterrupted, valuable work done every morning, then I end up being very productive. Much moreso than the old 14 hour days I used to work where all activites run into each other and blur into endless drudgery.
- vikas5678 19y agoThis according to me is the only way of getting any useful work done...get 5-6 hours of solid work done before lunch.
- justindz 19y agoI like this approach (although I would shift things earlier, because I'm an early bird). A couple of questions, if you don't mind: - Do you have meetings, and if so, how do you balance them against your "protected" time? - Do you work with global employees? I have someone who works for me in India and my boss is in the UK. Would you suggest I reserve the afternoon and just reverse the schedule? - Do you allow for bits of personal things during "protected" time if you hit a block or single-task fatique? What is your strategy for staying focused during that time? I'm actually considered highly productive. However, I do think I spend too much time being tactical and I feel a bit ADHD--I am a bit ADHD, but I don't think jumping around different tasks and mindsets all day is good for me in the long run.