mylab

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“a) [What you want]
Write down 5 things that you would do if you had 30 more free minutes in your day.
Now, it has to be something that you want (not something that people expect from you). For example it could be to learn a new skill, spending time with your loved ones, or just chill or read a book that you meant to read for the past years

b) [More Time at home]
Wake-up 5-15 minutes earlier tomorrow
Key point:

• Set your alarm
• Get-up when the alarm goes off.
• No excuses, no delay. Just do it!

Now, you need to use this time actively to do something that you always wanted to do for a while.
So, use these 10 minutes as follows:

• Use the first 10 minutes to search/read about what you’d like to do
• Use the next 5 minutes to plan for how you could apply what you found tomorrow.

You don’t have to do much, but just to get in the habit of using this time (15 minutes) for this particular activity. So,

• if it’s exercising: read about Tabbata exercise (they are great for getting results using little time), and spend the next 5 minutes planning how you can do it tomorrow (e.g., what you need, the procedure, etc.).
• If it’s reading a book (or download a sample chapter): either buy the book or start reading it if you already have it.
• If its acquiring a skill: research about it and start identify relevant courses or steps you need to complete.

Whatever it is that you wish to do, don’t wait until you have more time; start to make room for it today, and use the time, as short as it may be, to think about it, plan it, and just get on with it…!
Key points for this activity:

• Wake-up when the alarm goes off: no excuses…!
• Be focused, don’t drift to check your work email or any other distractions.
• Just focus on one thing.

c) [More Efficient Time at work]
Download a timer (or use your own watch) and time your activities.
This idea here is to focus on one thing at a time during work.
Using the timer will mean that you can only measure the time for the current activity. If you are in the middle of a task, and you feel like checking emails or anything else, focus on completing your current task (stay away from the inbox for now :-)).
Key points for this activity:

• Have only the window that you need open for the current task
• Resist drifting to your email inbox
• Close this email client
• If you do need to check your email, set times when you will do so, ideally 3 times per day (e.g., 9.00am, 12.pm, and 3.00pm), this will help you to focus on your other tasks and to only check emails when it is needed.

Set 10 minutes of uninterrupted time at work and use it for yourself. I repeat: use it for YOURSELF. So it could be looking at more information about your hobby or starting your side project. It may be easier to take this time off your lunch break or at the end of the day, 10 minutes before you finish.
Key points for this activity:

• Set a time to start, and whatever you are doing at this time, stop, and focus on your 10 minutes.
• Time it so that you use the full 10 minutes for yourself
• Make sure you are uninterrupted
• Only focus on one thing: that is, something that you would like to do and that you have identified previously.

Bonus Time: if you managed to check your email only 4 times on the day (or less), use 15 minutes of ME Time instead of 10. You have earned it!
That’s it.

d) More time at home in the evening
Because you are starting to wake up earlier, you also want to make sure that you go to sleep earlier. So here is the deal:

• Set an alarm on your phone so that it goes off 45 minutes before your ideal bed-time.
• By ideal I mean the bed time that will give you enough time to sleep and recover from the day. For some people it may mean 8hours sleep, for other 7hours. So, let’s say that you now wake up at 6.30am in the morning, then you could try to go to be at 10.30pm, and that would give you about 8hours of sleep, which would be wonderful. So in this case, put your evening alarm for 9.45pm.

Key points for this task:

• When the alarm goes off at 9.45pm, give yourself 5 minutes to finish what you were doing, and start the evening routine (tooth brushing, etc.) and then read a book (preferably a fiction)
• It is important that you keep this routine, so that you build a habit progressively
• If you need to, you can put some relaxing music from 10.00 onward, as it will help you to wind down.
• At 9.45pm switch off the Internet, put your pone on flight-mode, and also switch off the TV. Its time for your brain to chill, and to disconnect from the cloud. “

by Patrick Felicia