You gain time by being efficient. The problem is, I am anything but efficient. I need to change.
I love weekends. Who doesn’t? The opportunity to sleep in late, have breakfast in bed, walking all day around in pajamas. Hey, the only “sacrifice” you do is you brush your teeth, wash your face and put some moisturizer on. The luxury of living alone ;). But the weekends end so quickly. Before you know it mr. Monday is here and wants you out of bed before 8 am. Bummer.
The problem is, I never seem to have enough time. Time to spend on my startup. It is difficult during the week because of my 9-5 job but it is no different during weekends because i sleep until 12. What a waste of time!
I figured out that if i go to the gym and do some workout immediately after work (and just one hour is enough to recharge), I come home less mentally tired and can work again. This time on MY project. But the weekends are still inefficient. The later I wake up, the less i do.
I set a new rule. Every day I wake up at 7 am. No later. And no matter if it is Monday, Sunday, Saturday or Wednesday. Every day at 7 am i am OUT OF BED. And you know what? It is not so difficult to wake up early on the weekends, after all. I actually like it. I do more in those hours until 12 pm than during all the time put together afterwards.
My aim is to start to wake up at 5 am. But just the thought of it scares me. Yes, I know, it is the lizard brain that is complaining.
Next on the how-to-gain-time list is to reduce distractions and procrastination.