How productive has your week been? Mine has been pretty good. Working for yourself means that you have to be even more disciplined in your approach to the day as I often work at home, which simply means, there are many distractions. Your workplace has many distractions, maybe even more than my own home office. At least I don’t have to deal with talkative co-workers when I am trying to concentrate. I have personally found over the last month or so that how you start the day plays a big role in how well your day ends up. A good start gives you a head start not a sluggish, unmotivated, reluctant crawl into the day. I think everyone needs to find what works for them. The article below will give you some tips but here are some things that I have found work for me. It has changed how I shape up for the day.
Find out what your wake up time is. What I mean by this is that I was always waking up at 5.30am and then going back to sleep a number of times till 7am came around (the time my wife typically wakes up). I started to essentially get up when I woke up. Initially I thought this would make me even more tired but the reverse has happened. I feel great. I have actually found that my mid afternoon slump has also disappeared and I go to sleep quicker and sounder at night.
Second thing I changed was meditating. I have meditated off and on (mainly off) for over 30 years. I never really took it seriously and it was initially undertaken to relieve the pain from migraines I used to get when I was younger. You’ll need to find out what meditation means for you. I will be posting some useful information on Sunday and there is plenty of stuff out there on the internet. So my morning starts with getting up when I wake up, then getting a drink of water, mainly to break off the sleep cycle, and then going back to bed where I meditate for whatever time I have. This can be 30 minutes but at times only 10 minutes as I need to catch a train into Sydney.
If I am working at home I also exercise in the morning. I don’t want to get into the breakfast aspect as I think that is something that everyone has to work out for themselves but I do think a good breakfast is essential.
That’s it. Those simple changes have radically changed my mornings, my whole day and my productivity. Try it out and read the article below.
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