Hack Your Life Project | Weekends and evenings
by Fabrice Calando on February 6, 2012
As the week winds down, I find myself having learnt quite a bit. I’ve learnt how to organize my “to do” lists — important stuff gets done now and the rest gets scheduled out in order of priority. Here’s what you want to remember:
- Specify the exact time when you’ll do the task. You know you’ll be at work from 9 to 5, you should know when you’ll do the rest.
- Don’t let the “to do” get in the way of the important stuff. “To do” lists tend to be filled with mundane or long-lasting tasks. By scheduling when you’ll do them, you actually free-up time for the good stuff like writing, selling, marketing, growing, testing, trying, etc.
Keep up the good work!
#HYLP Challenge #6: Turn off your mobile phone
The second challenge of the #HYLP was about turning off the electronics an hour before going to bed. The goal was to take notice of just how much electronics are part of our lives as well as find more time. Tuning out helps to focus and rethink. This week, I’ll be shutting my mobile phones in at home in the evening and all weekend.
Why?
To put it simply, I’m always using my phone. Challenge #2 was really about taking notice, this challenge is about taking control. Mobiles make access to everything way too easy. Sure you can access Facebook, Twitter and email on your computer, but somehow all the notices that pop-up on your phone and the general easiness of a mobile make them way more addictive. In other words, computer offer more control and allow for better work.
I’ll be cutting down on the use of my mobile so that I can focus a little more on the important things like writing, reading, studying and spending time with my girlfriend.
I’m not trying to get you fired. If you want in on the challenge, but you need your mobile in the evenings or weekends for work, try having time outs once in a while.
This week, I’ll be shutting down the mobile to gain more control.
Past challenges
If you’re new here, on the first week of January I started the Hack Your Life Project. Each week I challenge myself to explore the details of the programmable system that is my life and stretch its capabilities, as opposed to most of us, who only prefer to learn the minimum necessary. I no longer want to breeze through my life, but take control of it.
These are the past challenges:
- Hack your life | Get rid of excess clothing
- #HYLP Challenge #2 | Turn off the electronics
- Hack Your Life Project | Hello stranger
- And then…everything changes
- Hack Your Life Project | Do
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Isn’t it the challenge #5?
It’s #6…
#1 was Get rid of excess clothing
#2 was Turn off the electronics
#3 was Hello Stranger
#4 was everything changes: Set-up a happyness metric
#5 was Do: Organize and plan your to do list
Things are moving along :)
Arggg, I missed the happyness metric!
There’s no time like the present :)
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