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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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 Guy I worked with in...Submitted by lyndonk on October 26, 2005 - 4:50pm.
Guy I worked with in 'pre computer days' hand drafted a table that laid out how much money he had made per day and broke it down into how much per minute. He could then go across his table and tell me how much had been earned depending upon what time it was. Truly, too much time and not enough to do. » POSTED IN:
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