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How to Achieve Big Targets in Short Time and Still Be Healthy?

September 27, 2010 - Last Modified: September 17, 2016 by Srivathsan G.K 1,871

While working on the internet, there are so many challenges like Time. We might plan our schedule, but achieving that on Time is not always in our hands. Maintaining strict self-discipline is what we need to do. Planning for big targets and achieving it not an easy task. I agree, Rome cannot be built in a day.

But to achieve something in a short time and that too at online work, concentration is what all we need. We lose our concentration and it becomes more difficult to make things work out.

Social media has made a bit difficult, don’t get me wrong. I keenly support social media, but sometimes it makes us to be lost in the region. So, here are some useful tips to help you keep yourself focused and more productive.

I personally find that and also believe that only focused concentration towards dedicated work will bring you more productive and also achieve your targets in a short period of time without daydreaming.

Before you start your day at work

Make sure you take a pen and paper, start planning out the priority things to work on the day. Have a habit of using to-do list and planning out things as per to-do list. Roughly note down the priority task on a simple paper and then start your day at work. This helps you to find out which work should be done taken care first.

If you don’t plan out things and work as it comes to your business, your time will also fly away and at the end of the day you will realize that you are not focused in the right direction.

As a blogger, freelancer, graphic designer, developer, you must first finish the pending works. This is the most important one, rather than starting off with the new projects, completing the old ones at the correct time before getting into the new projects.

What after Planning?!

Planning your work isn’t great, putting it into action is must. You cannot be energetic, creative and active round the clock, so explore and find out your most potential hours at work.

If you ask me, I’m most creative and very active during the early morning and I complete almost 50 to 60% of work during early morning time. Early morning when you are not in real work mood, start with tasks that are less demanding mentally. Save your most energetic hours for your important projects.

Also If you feel that you’ve lost out of energy, then having a quick nap or lunch break will help you to be productive and effective for the rest of the day.

Take your time!

Having a walk or evening chat with your friend lets you to complete the work with peace of mind and regain your senses. Make sure you have quick nap and wake up correctly, sometimes your sleep may extend and all the works which are planned will be spoiled.

Fix an alarm on your desk so that it will ring when it’s winding time. Never drag your project work, fix a deadline and work according to it. This will also help you to know which project takes more time and stuff.

Don’t waste your time!

As I already said, Social media is a big time killer, using it wisely is only on our hands. The biggest social resource depot which brings you tons of traffic to your website or blog.

Most of the time I lose my check on time and spend on social media, finally I stand alone with all my work incomplete and lot of pending tasks. I don’t say that spending time on social media is waste, but I just warn you that it can take your entire time and leave you incomplete. So, always beware.

Multi-Tasking

For achieving something a little earlier or sooner, multi-tasking is the only key. Plan your work and divide into smaller parts. Make sure you don’t spend your entire day on a single project, rather try to complete a major part on the important project and side by side try to complete other smaller projects. This type of multi-tasking will help you to climb up sooner.

As social media is a big time killer, Emails follow them. Limiting and managing your email inboxes effectively will save you a lot of time. As a blogger, freelancer you may need to spend more time on emails, clients and project queries.

So leaving your email inbox idle for few days will make your work tougher. So categorise your email inbox using Priority feature, labels and folders. So that it will be easier for you to quickly check out your emails. You must restrict yourself from spending too much time.

Finally!

For making the possible above points, you must be fit and healthy. Straining yourself will lead a big loss to your job. Because this working from home, is kind of you are the boss and you’re the employee. So if you fall sick, then there is no pay. As a freelancer or blogger, the biggest disadvantage is maintaining or taking care of health.

Improper sleep time, improper eating habits and fitness will lead to bad health. So maintaining self-discipline and having the habit of a regular 9 to 5 job will help you to be more productive and creative if you’re healthy. Avoid the carelessness and be productive.

Plz, share your thoughts, advice, or a story!

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A passionate blogger and editor of MadrasGeek, a blog which deals with software tools, web apps for daily computing and blogging, Social media tips for enthusiasts. He's been into web since 2008 and Writes about Gadgets and Mobile phones at MobiGizmos

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{ 40 Responses }

  1. Mark says:
    Srivathsan, I am in total agreement with you that social media is a big time killer. I have, for the most part, abandoned it due to its low quality traffic and now focus exclusively on organic search traffic. I find it a much more effective use of my time. Mark
  2. Robin says:
    Well said srivathsan. The last point should give more care to do all the above things :) Cheers. _Robin
  3. Thina Doukas Wedding Photography says:
    I agree with most comments. You tend to waste much of your time browsing the internet for more information. Sometimes i feel we are all much better of without the invention of this internet technology! We all would have more time with our families instead of trying to market our businesses, try to make a dollar online or search for things we once never needed to do online. I reckon i can get 1,000,000 people who can vouch for my opinion of the internet! Does anyone agree?
  4. Trevor B. Reed says:
    Great topic Srivathsan! When I started working for myself I was so excited and I jumped around and was constantly checking my email, posting on blogs and starting to write my own posts along with about 100 other things. What I found was that I would start a lot, but wasn't accomplishing as much as I needed to in a day. I recently started planning my day not that morning, but the night before. I open a word document and plan out the following day in order by time. I will admit that many days I do not get everything done, but I at least try and have that constant reminder. I mark each task off as I complete it and I save them all in the same folder so I can look back and track my productivity. It helps me stay accountable to myself.
  5. Christina says:
    One habit to keep me focused on work is to only check email 2 or 3 times a day at strategic times. This avoids having your train of thought distracted by every email that hits your inbox. Checking and responding to email at 10am and 3pm is often enough. Of course you need to tailor this to your business.
    • ZK says:
      You do not check email at night ? Boy I can't sleep if I do not check my email before going to bed.
  6. ZK says:
    One more thing which I always do is fixing a time frame of every task. For example I set one hour for reading few blogs than either I start my stop watch in my mobile or in my wrist watch or set one hour count down in my computer with alarm on. When one hour finish alarm alert me that one hour completed and I should move to another task. Believe me simply use this while you are doing facebook or twitter and you will save huge time provided you should control your self after the alarm.
  7. ZK says:
    This post can be save as reminder post. I generally divided my 24 hours. Like 7 - 8 Hours for sleep 2 Hours for breakfast, lunch and dinner 1 Hour for exercise and night walk. 1 - 2 Hours for reading other blogs (including fixed blogs which I read everyday) 1 - 2 Hours for research. First task which I do every morning is noting down all my tasks including last day pending one. Simply give them numbers according to priority.
  8. Gloson says:
    Great post and very useful tips! I agree. We all get distracted (especially, as you said, by social media). The way to get your tasks done is the clear all distractions, break down the tasks, and FOCUS! :D
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      thanks for the comment, Yes breaking down the big task and focusing on it is a good idea indeed.
  9. TJ McDowell says:
    Very well thought out. I think this could be expanded into book form. What do you guys think? Adding supporting stories, explanations, and detail could really make this a good read. Just my opinion though. What do you guys think?
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      hey TJ, that's great idea man.. will try to come up a Ebook by adding blogging stories from famous bloggers. That's a spark you gave me .. thanks for it.
      • TJ McDowell says:
        Awesome! Let me know when you get it finished!
        • ZK says:
          Yes you can use that ebook as free giving to your all subscriber and can also sell. You just need to provide great tips.
  10. Lennart Heleander says:
    Hi Srvathsan, Great article, I always says the same; Decide before a red thread (focus) and not float out into different topics. Work with 4-5 articles at the same time in the same niche. Not more then 400 – 500 words, not to heavy text, if more words divide it in two articles. You must be passionate about the subject you blog about.
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      Yes, we shouldn't take too much of work at the same time. Thanks for leaving feedback.
  11. Dennis Edell says:
    While we have VERY different views on multitasking (I'm now going to draft a post of my own), I think your other tips are dead on; very well written. Planning/to do lists, going slowly and not wasting time are all KEY. None more so then the last one though, health. I can vouch for this personally. Right now I'm in the process of streamlining and slimming things down because of health issues and it's not fun.
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      hey thanks dennis .. that's really encouraging .. and take care of your health.
  12. Steve says:
    Well thought out tips. Or should I say well "planned" tips. Planning is something that enough people do not take the time to do. When done correctly it can be a huge benefit that people should never disregard.
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      Yes, planning is the foremost thing that one should do it properly .. Once it is done, then things would go as such and victory is ours.
  13. Usama says:
    Planning is the ultimate door, but its key is action. What is plan without action? A car with no wheels. So planing is indeed needed but implementation is very crucial. Thanks.
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      hey Usama .. thanks for the feedback. Cheers :)
  14. mrs green says:
    Excellent post covering some of the main reasons people don't achieve the targets they dream of. I am acutely aware of this myself at the moment and although I know the truths you have written, it's hard not to get sucked into the social media and constant checking emails hole. Another couple of ideas for the pot. The first is my 'two minute rule'. Instead of procrastinating (or even writing on my list) something that will take less than 2 minutes to action, I just get on and do it. Sounds simple but it might be interesting for your readers to consider how many times they will do something 'in a moment' when, they could have just got on and done the deed. My other personal help is to write my 'to do' list in the evening. Like you, I'm at my most productive first thing, so if I have that list ready at my computer as soon as I get up, I can get started. MrsGreen @ myzerowaste
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      awesome tips .. thanks for sharing Mrs.Green, you completely rock !!
  15. Usama says:
    Planning is the ultimate door, but its key is action. What is plan without action? A car with no wheels. So planing is indeed needed but implementation is crucial. Thanks.
  16. Kimi says:
    You know, this post reminds me of myself..lol Whenever i have a mood to write post, big times i will end on wasting my times by surfing around, or some sorts.. I slowly realized i need to be more concentrated, especially i know that the more posts you have, the more traffics you possibly can get.
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      ha ha .. You're like me ! Hi5 .. Just throw away the distractions and focus on the work, yes as you said - more quality post = more traffic.
      • Kimi says:
        lol! hi5, ya, i think it gets better about concentrating on our posts :)
  17. Michele says:
    Very well thought out tips! I agree it's all in the planning. I noticed when I don't plan my day I like a chicken running around with out a head...heading in all directions. =) One tactic I implemented not too long ago that made a HUGE impact in my productivity is to put a time limit on all my tasks. I very simply go to my online stop watch , set a time and when time is up I move to the next project! Thanks for sharing this!
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      Yeah, online stop watch is a big time saver..
      • ZK says:
        Michelle ... Try to download a stopwatch with alarm in your laptop or computer. Use that one and believe me this will be really handy ... I am using that one and this one help me to give required importance to all my task in a single day.
  18. abhishek says:
    Well Planning things doesn't only holds key to online work but in real life as well. If things are planned then you always have some extra hours in hand. But if one goes in hap-hazard way then we are always short of time and most of the time we barely finish 40-50% of our work. I have a habit of planning my day just before I go to sleep so I know as soon as I wake up what needs to be done. The priority of works is always a major concern. Planning things also lets me multi-task at times and I have felt that I complete almost all my tasks planned before the evening sets in so all good for me. As for keeping fit and energetic, well I guess for me it has been yoga and morning jog for years now and it has always kept me fit and healthy. Infact it helps me a lot in concentration as well
    • ZK says:
      Well ... in the planning I think Microsoft outlook can be also handy if you are managing your all task at there. In the outlook if you have not completed any task you can assign to next day and hence your all list of task will be ready.
  19. Marijan Sivric says:
    Here is my tip: You need some motivation to achieve Your goals, right? I did this by putting Alexa widget to my blog. My goal is to achieve Alexa rank of 20k or less, so...every time I look at my blog, I see that my Alexa rank increased, and this really motivates me to bring more visitors and increase the rank! You need some motivation, if You want to achieve Your target!
  20. Tinh says:
    Try to maximize your time at work, that is what I have applied to optimize my 10 hours per day :-)
    • Abhishek says:
      Hi I agree with you tran.we have to maximize time with taking action too
  21. Pritam Nagrale says:
    Very motivational post. Its very necessary to make a goal and work all the way to achieve this. There are lots of distraction if you are working from home so this is the biggest task to avoid such distractions. Yes, everyone should consider their working hrs which is perfect for them and work more in that set of hrs only for maximum productivity.
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      thanks for the great feedback. Love you all ..
  22. Aaron says:
    Thanks Srivathsan. I definitely agree with not wasting time. I usually work best when my email is closed and my instant messenger is closed as well. I can then find the time to concentrate on work and not on worthless junk.
    • Srivathsan G.K says:
      hey aaron, am also just like you .. I close all my IM, tweetdeck and other distrubing programs while working... thats the best way to get more productive.

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