Time Management

I am subscribed to enough feeds in Google Reader that I always have something to read. Many days are wasted reading feeds all day. This week I am starting to use my time more wisely. I am only going to read my feeds a couple times throughout the day and that’s it. I don’t get any more read when I am reading then constantly.

I am also scheduling time in my day to read. I like to read, but never seem to get any done. I can’t read when the wife is home because she is always calling for me to do something, or making noise distracting me. I use to read before I went to bed, but I am finding that harder to do. When my eyes get tired it’s hard for me to read. Now I bring my iPod to bed and use that time to listen to audiobooks instead.

So far after two days, I am really liking my days off schedule.

5:00 AM: wake up. (yeah I know I am crazy waking up that early on my days off, but I hate wasting time sleeping)
5:00-8:00: read feeds and listen to podcasts
8:00-9:00: read my book
9:00-noon: blog if I have anything to blog about and work on whatever computer projects I am working on
noon: eat and catch up on feeds
afternoon: work on household projects, or play xBox, or watch Netflix movie
3:00: get caught up on feeds before the wife gets home

I know it sounds kind of stupid to schedule some of this stuff, but it’s stuff that I want to do and I work best if things are scheduled.