I Can't Imagine Working As Much As I Am Now For Much Longer
And I'm not even working that much
Maybe I’m lazy. I don’t know. You be the judge.
But I have been working a lot lately. And I love it and hate it simultaneously.
In some ways, I am going against my typical semi-retired work routine of working in spurts—
As I have detailed before, I work best in short spurts. Quick 1-to-3 hour bursts, 1 to 2 times per day, no more, and often less than, 5 days a week. This structure works best when I go to yoga more, walk more, take Spanish classes more, make meals more, go out for random fun more and adhere to not working—at all—on Sunday and Monday. Breaking up my workdays and workweek like this gives me a focus when I am working that boosts my productivity. I have experimented with blocking all day Saturday (like 6-to-8 hours straight) for work. I get less done during that time than I do during a 2- or 3-hour burst.
I’m not quite going against the critical work less now so you can work less longer tenet, but I’m definitely playing chicken with it.
In this article—
I detail what I’m doing.
I explain why I’m doing it.
I discuss why I love it and hate it.
I illustrate how today’s plan A will soon evolve into a plan B then eventual plan C and plan D.
I explore how my personality and this newsletter plays a critical—mostly positive—role in all of this.
Overall, you get a nice glimpse into my life, work and plans. Hopefully, one you can adapt and apply—at least a little—to whatever you’ve been doing and thinking about lately.
If you missed yesterday’s installment, it’s a topical, though not required lead-in to today’s. It also includes a view into my thinking on how I’m thinking about handling the newsletter’s content for this February’s month-long trip to Spain and France.
