What if you only had 15 minutes to accomplish your dreams?
Earlier this week I had a brief break from ‘boring mundane task #1’ and ‘boring mundane task #2.’ During this time I had to accomplish absolutely as much as possible in this amount of time as I could.
One quick note, when I say boring mundane task, I am referring to something that is obligated to be done, but won’t increase your wealth.
As BMT1 wrapped up, I immediately went to work attempting to get one step closer to my dreams. In this case, it was two important phone calls and tweaking some code. Both of the phone issues still need a follow-up, but the other item on the list is good forever.
Of course every time that I get a break it doesn’t end up as productive as this one, and hopefully I can have more such as this one in the future. Life takes planning, and there is an element of strategy involved as well. So when your 15 minutes comes around be ready for it. Have your time planned out and go accomplish things!
Seems like I don’t use a lot of my 15 minutes very well. I started spending a few minutes brainstorming everything that needed to be done–pay this bill, call this person, etc.– and e-mailed myself the list. The next time I wanted to waste time reading my empty e-mail box, it wouldn’t be empty and I wouldn’t be wasting time… I had a list of projects to attack.
After all, no one ever sits down to check e-mail when she’s super busy!
August 15th, 2006 | #
I actually have a weekly reminder set up to email me.
Dear Todd,
I’m reminding you about your stated goal on 43 things, to
“Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time
actually working”.
How’s it going?
Sincerely,
Your past self
August 15th, 2006 | #