Comments on: How do you dispose your work-hours?

By: HART (1-800-HART)

HART (1-800-HART) — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:45:58 +0000

My email is always up because I get between 700-800 emails per day. If I wait until one time of the day to review it all I would never get it done. This way, if something pops up that I should take care of, or blog about .. I do it immediately.

Other than that, my blogging is stress relief and multitasking, say while I’m batch printing or between jobs, or between tasks on same jobs .. So – my biggest challenge is to not lose interest or get burnt out on the offline stuff, because I will tend to not return and stay in the wrong multi-task window – reading my bloglines, commenting, blogging, etc. But, generally that’s the way it goes .. I know you have to read to keep up with the blogging, but my bloglines are organized for that. I hate jumping back and forth reading feeds that sparks me to blog and then others that are strictly for my amusement or curiousity.

PS. Everytime I resond on 901am and tick the “Notify Me” box, my comment gets an error message when I submit.

By: Thord Daniel Hedengren

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:21:06 +0000

This would not be possible without support from home, so yeah, I have that. I’ve been working like this without making enough in the past, hoping for The Big Break, like so many others. Thankfully, I have no real problem paying the bills nowadays, and hopefully everything will continue to evolve from the positive path I’ve been threading financially.

But yeah, working less is one of the first things I want to accomplish. It’s surprisingly hard.

By: Helge Olav Helgesen

Helge Olav Helgesen — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:11:24 +0000

When I read your post to thoughts popped into my head;

1. Do your wife support this lifestyle?
2. Do you make any/enough money out of this?

My day is divided into three parts.

Sleeping
Working
Family/friend time

And the last one is the one that suffers the most. No, not actually. Working is the only thing thats get full attention. I have to yield time from sleeping and friends to make my days go by.

It seems like working with computers can be a nightmare – or heaven depending on what you like.

I have never been a 0800-1600 working guy. I – just like you – stay awake late and then sleep in the morning. Plus, I have an interesting job and put in what it takes to make it continue to be an interesting job.

By: raj

raj — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:31:14 +0000

You’re absolutely right. What I meant was that their blogs were not strictly about what I blog about. E.g., I write mostly tech posts (at one time for 7 blogs, cut back to 2) plus ghostbait (3-5 big articles per week), and in doing so, I just couldn’t find the time for any extra reading, let alone writing on my own blogs.

You have to decide what’s important to you, I guess.

By: Thord Daniel Hedengren

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:16:59 +0000

Reading other blogs is vital when you’re blogging if you ask me, so that’s not where to cut time. Still, it is hard to piece it all together.

By: raj

raj — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:03:01 +0000

Same here. I had no choice but to only read what I need for research on my paid posts. As a result, i think i offended a few blogosphere friends by not knowing what they were writing about recently. I tried to explain, but…

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:32:22 +0000

I hate to say this, but reading suffers. Last year I was so busy blogging and writing that I stopped reading most of my favorite blogs and had to carve out time for those I did.

Also, insomnia helps.

By: Thord Daniel Hedengren

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:30:36 +0000

It is hard to combine blogging and writing, actually. I found it nearly impossible for several years, until I finally managed to get t to work. Don’t know what changed though, probably just a peace of mind or something.

And thanks. :)

By: raj

raj — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:06:33 +0000

Also, good luck with your novels. I had to give up my short story and novelette writing because I find I cannot write creatively and blog about technology on the same day. Weird but true.

By: raj

raj — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:05:19 +0000

Daniel, I guess feel the same. It’s tough putting in the 12-17 hrs/day, 7 d/wk that I do in blogging, research, and chatting with collaborators/ clients. But I’m motivated and plan to do this for another 2-3 years, then I’ll invest any savings and start to relax a bit. That’s my plan.