Yes, it’s hard to believe! January is over, school’s back in and there are no excuses. You know everything you said you would “do next year”, well it’s next year!
Time to stop procrastinating and get back to it. It’s time to dig deep and tackle those jobs head on.
Here are a couple of simple tips to help motivate yourself and stop procrastinating:
Reacquaint yourself with your office. Most small business owners have trouble stepping away from work for too long but you may need to take some time to refresh your workspace.
- Throw away things you don’t need
- File away papers you aren’t working on
- Put the extra note pads, pens etc you don’t need or use away
- Limit the clutter in your space
- Organise so you can always find what you’re looking for.
List your Priorities. Now that you’re sitting at a tidy and organised desk, start making a list of what’s important for today, this week and this month.
- This will help guide your time management on tasks that need your attention right now and what can wait.
- Now look at your list and do one thing on it right now! Doesn’t that feel great!
Can you get someone in to help with those new year jobs? Think of how you can work smarter, not harder by outsourcing some of those simple, yet tedious jobs that you keep delaying.
If it helps, have a chat to Margaret at Emporia to see if she can help you kick start 2019.