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Daily schedule for the self-employed
The best thing about being self-employed is that nobody tells me what I have to be doing from one hour to the next.
The worst thing about being self-employed is that nobody tells me what I have to be doing from one hour to the next.
I relish the freedom that comes from being self-employed. I can make decisions quickly without getting someone else's approval. I can try out a new idea today, instead of waiting until the "right" time. I can do things that "just aren't done."
One of the most difficult parts for me has been to discipline myself to make effective use of my time. I have that entrepreneurial spirit that wants to try a lot of new ideas, with the result that sometimes I just bounce from one thing to another. Because nobody is telling me what to do and when to do it, I can become horribly inefficient.
The solution is simple. You know what it is, so you can stop reading right now.
I plan out my day, hour by hour. And I plan out each day of the week, hour by hour. This is written down, so it is visible and tangible.
The added twist for me is to plan out each day as "My perfect day."
Instead of waiting until some vague time in the future to have a perfect day, I want my perfect day to be today - this day.
Therefore, in my perfect day there are always things that I really like to do. (That's fairly easy for me because I don't always see a clear line between "work" and "play.") No day should ever be a day filled with unpleasant tasks. Every day should be a perfect day, and that is exactly how I will plan each day.
What about you?
- Have you considered what your perfect day looks like?
- Have you written down, in narrative form, your perfect day?
- Have you built an hourly schedule for one such perfect day?
- Have you followed through by actually following that schedule?
Ross Runkel, Post Office Box 1031, Salem, Oregon
97308-1031.
Phone 503-399-8028. Fax 503-566-8844. email Ross@LawMemo.Com
