A book fell on my hand! It literally came crashing down smacking my right hand and sending my co-workers rushing to my rescue. To gain maximum sympathy, I acted as if my hand was broken and would have to go to the hospital at any moment.
After a couple of minutes of method acting, and my co-workers leaving me to my misery, I wanted to discover how it was that a book (a thick usage dictionary) came to land on my hand.
Well, it was little crazy actually…
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With a simple change, I was able to run errands in less than half the time it usually took me. And the truth is I accidentally figured this one out.
You see, when I was running my own business I worked some wacky hours. I did a lot of work for companies overseas, and so sometimes I wouldn’t start working till 6:00 PM.
So, when was I supposed to shop, go to the bank, etc.? Well, one day I started grocery shopping at about 10:00 AM. And that’s when I started noticing something was amiss.
I noticed that hardly anyone was at the store. Whereas it used to take me at least an hour to get through the store, it now took me half an hour. Then I started running other errands at different times. Go to the bank at 2:00. Go out to eat at 11:00.
Heck, I was missing the lunch rush. Traffic was non-existent. It didn’t get any better.
Live Off-Peak
And that was the key right there. The key is to live your life off-peak. Do things at times other people aren’t doing things. Shopping and eating out are two things that can take up a lot of time. By doing those things off-peak you can save yourself A LOT of time.
“But I Have a Job. I have to do everything at a certain time”
Some people might be thinking this to themselves right now. And it is true. Having a job requires you to do things at certain times, like show up for work and leave at a certain time.
At the moment, I am working at a publishing company in South Korea. So, I understand this. However, I still live off-peak. How do I do it?
Here are a couple of ways you can shift your way of thnking (and that of your boss) to live more off-peak:
- Think in terms of hours worked, not a schedule
I work a set amount of hours. Why should it be 9-5? I go to the gym every day. Now, I could kill myself and fight with all the other people who go before work. But I go at 4:00 PM. NO ONE is there. My workout goes by quickly. I simply worked it out with my company that I take an hour break at 4:00 and I still work the same amount of hours. Just at different times.
This shift in thinking can also lead you to work some from home. I do that occasionally. And in that case no one can “count” your hours.
- Negotiate an off-peak schedule
Again, who said you have to work 9-5? How about 10-6? 11-7? You get my drift. Of course, the best option is to work remotely. But we all assume that we have to take the schedule we are given when the truth is many times the only thing a company cares about is that you get your work done.
These are a couple of things to think about. But if you want to increase your productivity and get your errands done in half the time, you should find more and more ways to live an off-peak lifestyle.
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Most of what I’ve ever read about time management and how to be productive deals with organizing and re-organizing. And much of that is necessary (in fact, I blog about things to eliminate things as a means of organizing all the time). The more I read about time management, however, the more it seems to focus on modern technology and information overload. For example, you might hear people tell you to throw away your blackberry (not a bad idea, but…).
That is good advice. But I have found that there is one thing that will kill your production. And it has nothing to do with modern technology. In fact, this was a problem since the dawn of mankind and doing nothing about it will stop your production dead in its tracks.
And that problem is…
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