Comments on: Lessons Learned #8 – One Way to Keep Bad Stuff from Happening http://thirdhandworks.com/2009/01/lessons-learned-8-one-way-to-keep-bad-stuff-from-happening/ Time is not a force to be managed, but a dimension to be shaped. Learn to sculpt it. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:37:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cairene http://thirdhandworks.com/2009/01/lessons-learned-8-one-way-to-keep-bad-stuff-from-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Cairene Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:34:08 +0000 http://thirdhandworks.wordpress.com/?p=944#comment-864 @JoVE Everything can be part of and benefit from routine (actually, I prefer the ideas of rhythm, pattern and ritual). It's all good and it all helps. Adam Kayce/Monk at Work wrote a very nice piece about ritual in work earlier this month, which I love: http://monkatwork.com/the-power-of-ritual/. @JoVE
Everything can be part of and benefit from routine (actually, I prefer the ideas of rhythm, pattern and ritual). It’s all good and it all helps.

Adam Kayce/Monk at Work wrote a very nice piece about ritual in work earlier this month, which I love: http://monkatwork.com/the-power-of-ritual/.

]]> By: JoVE http://thirdhandworks.com/2009/01/lessons-learned-8-one-way-to-keep-bad-stuff-from-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-865 JoVE Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:07:49 +0000 http://thirdhandworks.wordpress.com/?p=944#comment-865 Oh, this is making me feel much better. I have a routine about bookkeeping, I put bills on my desk right in front of the computer and pay them right away using the e-payments thing on my online banking site. It lets me specify a date, so I specify one close-ish to the due date. Then I enter the details in my spreadsheet and file the bill in the appropriate folder. Works great. Only goes wrong if bills get buried in a pile in front of the computer (which is not exactly low risk, but I try to remember to check regularly just in case). Also, I've just started trying to write first thing because I know it is my best time. And I've discovered that e-mail and blogs and even some of my marketing thinking can happen in the evening after the kid has gone to bed. So I might try to stick with that. And revel in the fact that it counts as a routine and I could build it into my life. Hurray. Oh, this is making me feel much better. I have a routine about bookkeeping, I put bills on my desk right in front of the computer and pay them right away using the e-payments thing on my online banking site. It lets me specify a date, so I specify one close-ish to the due date. Then I enter the details in my spreadsheet and file the bill in the appropriate folder. Works great. Only goes wrong if bills get buried in a pile in front of the computer (which is not exactly low risk, but I try to remember to check regularly just in case).

Also, I’ve just started trying to write first thing because I know it is my best time. And I’ve discovered that e-mail and blogs and even some of my marketing thinking can happen in the evening after the kid has gone to bed. So I might try to stick with that. And revel in the fact that it counts as a routine and I could build it into my life. Hurray.

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