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Motivation: count the money
gilest | Oct 26 2005
I'm one of the laziest people I know. And I procrastinate a lot. Today I tried something new, and it seemed to work. I counted up how much money I'd earned. Yeah, sounds dumb, sounds obvious; but it's not something I've been in the habit of doing before. I'm a freelance writer and some days earn me more than others. But today I made a point of keeping a mental tally of how much money the work I'd done will have brought in (once all the invoices have been sent, paid, and banked). At the end of the day I walked out of the house feeling somewhat satisfied that a Good Day's Work had been done. 12 Comments
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 I used to do that...Submitted by Merlin Also on October 26, 2005 - 2:04pm.
I used to do that when I was doing lots of freelance web stuff; I found it motivating to quantify how much my goofing-off was actually costing me. :) » POSTED IN:
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