Is the middle of the week when you reach your peak?
If Monday mornings and Friday afternoons are slow, is it safe to say that Wednesday should be the most productive day of the week?
One problem with working from home is that the days all seem to merge into one. It’s even harder if you work at every possible moment, like I do. Sometimes, you just want to switch off.
Aim for the middle of the week to be the time when you’re hitting your stride. Things have been organised, information has been gathered, and it’s time to really get down to some serious work.
Granted, you’re always going to get new work coming in, and you can’t completely switch off the communication channels. But here’s a challenge for you: make every Wednesday an email-free day. If you can’t do it for the whole day, ban yourself from using email between 10:00am and 4:00pm.
With this routine, you might not need to tell people you’re not going to be around. Some people take longer than that just to send a short reply, so why should you jump into your mailbox the moment a non-urgent message appears?
The key to hitting your stride is knowing when to get down to work and shut everything else out. You have to do this sometimes.
What do you think? When do you reach your productivity peak? Do you shut everything else out during this time?
