Work

With my departure from work looming.. (may 7th), i’ve realized i must take on more responsibility and step up a bit so to speak if i’m to nail this web entrepreneur thing. It’s no good getting by from week to week doing as i please, working when ever i feel like it. I need structure, goals, motivation, fight. I have those things already, they come naturally, but i need to get the most out of myself. So i’ve been thinking of ways to give myself a kick up the backside and make sure i get work done. After all, this will soon be my full time job, so i must treat it seriously and approach it in a professional manner, like i would a normal job.

The only difference between this and a normal job, is that i call the shots, i’m the manager, what i say goes. It’s impossible to fear myself.. so when it comes to punishing myself for poor work, it’s tricky. Not punishing myself will result in shoddy work, laziness and it will only get worse as times goes on. If i don’t do the work, there MUST be consequences.

So once i become a full time internet entrepreneur, every Sunday night, i’m going to set a list of tasks for myself to complete, and post it here. If i don’t complete them, i have to donate ‘x’ amount to charity. ‘X’ being that weeks income. This way, i’m putting myself under pressure, which i love. The weeks wages to charity thing is the fear factor. Money will be scarce around here soon, as i’ll basically have no income, so a weeks wages means a lot to me at this stage. a weeks income at present from the net is about €15).

Why am i doing this? To force myself into working. I can’t get into the mindset that this is one big holiday. If i do, i’m destined to fail. Until i start earning $100+ a week, i can’t afford to ease off any. So i guess what i’m trying to do is take on the role of two people – worker and manager. I believe this is the best way to approach things, otherwise i become too big for my boots and laziness goes unpunished.