Tag: time management

  • Hobbies and stuff

    When I was a lot younger I used to play ice hockey, play roller hockey, messed about in cars, collected adidas superstars and did some other stuff that was cool and could be classed as a hobby.

    Now, I do nothing but work.

    I’ve decided that 2011 will be the year when I restart some of my previous hobbies and maybe start a few more.

    I’m still “involved” in the car scene, so that shouldnt be too hard to get back into, just means I gotta spend some money on my car – and I’m planning on doing that anyway.

    The ssdb is still going strong so all I gotta do is make sure I dedicate time to the website and start looking on ebay for some cool bargains, doesn’t sound too difficult!

    Then how come I’m not still doing all these things? If they are so easy to get back into?

    I guess it boils down to time management, which is something I’ve been shit with for a long time! I am getting better planning my days out at work thanks to our helpdesk system, Google calendar and my notepad – so I don’t see why that can’t cross over to my non-work activities, too!

    I never set new years resolutions but this year Im breaking the habit of a lifetime as I have two, this being one of them – and I plan on sticking to them both!

    Wish me luck, gangstas! 🙂

  • All i lack is concentration

    Sometimes i find myself simply unable to concentrate enough to make any headway on work that i have outstanding. Our business is growing, as is our little internal network of people we have – yet after nearly 3 years at it im still as dis-organised as i was when i started.

    I often wonder how much more produtive i’d be if i actually planned my days out better.

    Can anyone recommend some decent software or something that allows me to manage my time and manage projects efficiently?

    All the software i have ever tried is built to help people manage tasks and appointments, but it only works for your typical salesman or something, who’s workload and outstanding jobs can be easily planned out etc – due to the diverse work i do, i can never plan a day out as something will always crop up and knock it all out of sync.

    I use a combination of gmail, my blackberry, a page-a-day-diary and a scribble pad. If i could merge the lot into one i would – maybe the answer is with addon software for the ‘berry? Or maybe i just need to hold on to the hope one day google will make the tasks lab feature shareable between users on the same google apps domain – ARE YOU LISTENING GOOGLE?

    Anyway, off to try and organise my bitch ass.

    Rice.

  • Time slows for no man

    I think most people have the same problem as me, in that they dont have enough time in the day to do the things they want (or need) to do.

    My days are currently structured a bit dodgy as i cant leave the house till about 10am, as we dont like to leave ms bon chops by her self for too long. This means i dont arrive into work until about 10:30/10:45, which is fairly late in the day to be starting work!

    Since the start of the new year dave and I have started going to the gym every day, around 2pm – but this means that i get to work about 10:45, and im leaving again at 2! Thats only 3 hours! The original plan was to come back to work about 4 then carry on working till about 7 or 8.

    Unfortunately due to transport and stuff i haven’t been staying till 7 or 8, ive been going home earlier with the intention of starting work again when i get home, but this hasn’t always been the case.

    As of monday i am properly structuring my days, and im gonna start work at9:00am every morning at home, then leave at 10 like normal.

    The extra hour in the morning means i can reply to any emails that ive received overnight, and then when i eventually get in the office i can crack on with the work i need to do, and dont have to spend the time replying to emails etc.

    We have a lot of work in the pipeline, which is good – but im never gonna be able to achieve my targets if i dont start managing my time better!