Biggerpockets makes a really good point about entrepreneurs benefitting from building routine into their day.  I have to agree!  I’ve worked at home most of my adult life and if you don’t build in structure, it’s just too easy to digress off into tangents and suddenly the day is over.  The freedom to do whatever, whenever is awesome, but the rewards of accomplishment are even greater!

On a related note, I’ve heard two schools of thought about getting things done:

  • Make a list and do all the little/easy things first so you can feel a sense of accomplishment about checking items off the list.  This fuels your energy to keep going when you get to the hard tasks.
  • Make a list and do the hard/long things first.  If you don’t you’ll spend all your time on relatively insignificant tasks and you’ll procrastinate the important things, pushing them further and further into the future.

I can go both ways with it.  I like to size up my complete list and then build in a block of time to get it all done.  Then maybe I’ll start with the quick and easy ones first just to get them out of the way.  They can be a distraction in and of themselves.  Then I can 100% focus on the hard things that need my full attention.