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Maximizing Your Work Week

Whether you work from home or commute to your work place maximizing the amount of time you spend working is probably the number one item fixed on your mind. The need to do more has been slowly ingrained into modern day society so much that people need to take drugs just so that they can relax. Thankfully, I'm not on any.

I've tried various combination's of implementing work schedules from starting out with getting the most menial tasks done first to reading all my favorite online publications before I do anything at all. Over a period of time I've realized that it's next to impossible to keep a strict regimen, in fact I've experienced that I tend to get more done if I switch things around every now and then.

Switch schedules to stay interested

Making a big switch in your life is hard for anybody to do, like moving states or countries. But making small changes like working out in the evening instead of the morning is a small switch that anyone can make.

For example, I used to work out everyday around noon, before lunch (working from home provides me this luxury) and got in pretty good shape after doing it for a month or two. Then I slowly started missing out on my daily sessions. So now I regularly switch my work out times every week just to keep me interested in doing them. This has actually worked better for me than always doing the same exact thing at the same exact time day in and day out.

My physical fitness has improved greatly because of this. Applying the same example to my work regimen has helped me stay focused as well. Sometimes I answer emails first thing in the morning for a week and then shift around to answering them only after I've done my most important task first.

You need more than motivation

Motivation is a key driver in getting something started, but the main element that will keep you going is variety.

You need have to change things around if you want to constantly keep yourself in the loop of your initial momentum. Granted, there are some jobs that require you to work in sequential order and there is no changing that. However, you can change what you do before you start working. Instead of drinking the same cup of coffee every morning try black tea instead? Take a different route to work or make yourself a breakfast fit for a King, or Queen!

Adding variety in your everyday life will help you work better and faster. I've done things like that this past year to help me maximize the amount of time I spend working. You don't have to switch schedules around every week, but do so whenever you feel like you are losing the motivation and the interest you had at the beginning of anything you started.

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