Merlin’s weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.
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
POSTED IN:
 Scott, I'm also a consultant....Submitted by jethro. on October 29, 2005 - 6:31am.
Scott, I'm also a consultant. My metric for determining whether surfing is beneficial is how guilty I feel about not doing my billable work. There are times when surfing the Web for ideas to solve a particularly intractable problem is just the ticket. There are times when surfing the Web is a crystal-clear excuse not to make a difficult phone call. We all need to decide which is which. » POSTED IN:
|
|
| EXPLORE 43Folders | THE GOOD STUFF |
