How Do You Plan Your Work Day?

When the headache starts to kick in, I hit the sheets. Couldn't function well when I'm sleep deprived. An hour or so of napping helps.

Best,
Gabe

If you've got 4 hours to spend at the computer then that's actually quite alot of time. I know (from experience) it's very easy to waste that time, but if you plan properly then you could actually achieve quite alot.

What you need to do is work out your goals - it might be a specific monetary goal you want to achieve by a certain date, or you might decide on a certain set of tasks you want completed by a certain date. If I were you I'd start with a goal you want to have achieved in the next 3 months. Then you need to break that goal down into the tasks that you need to complete each month, tasks to complete each week, and then daily tasks - all working towards your specific goal.

I don't start a day without making out my list of tasks - otherwise I'd achieve absolutely zilch! It's easy to feel like you're working when you're answering emails, sending pms, participating on forums, reading ebooks etc. but realistically you have to consider whether or not these things are going to help you achieve your goal. Certainly each of these things can have a time and a place, but they should only be part of a bigger picture.

I never work more than 2 hours at a time (although I work more than 2 hours in the day) but I divide all my time into half hour slots. For each half hour I have a task or tasks that I must get finished. When I'm doing something like writing an article I often use an online stopwatch so that I don't waste time. Using that I can write and submit an article in less than 10 minutes - without it I could potentially take up to an hour (I'm the worlds best at time wasting).

Do the tasks that will help you achieve your goal FIRST - and then once you have those sorted you can do your emailing.