Lately I've been putting over 20 hours per week into other projects beyond my full-time job. Needless to say, my days off are not really the same kind of days off that I had as a child or even in college. Two freelance deadlines are approaching next week and I'm feeling a little overwhelmed.
When this comprehensive hard-pressedness has happened in the past, I've deleted my Facebook account. Actually, I went an entire year without one - no twitter or social media either - and found myself spending more time with myself or on the general link-bait that is reddit. I've never been a very active FB user as I don't have any niche business or ideology to promote there. With these deadlines coming up, I've taken the same step and deleted it, and really it felt like a weight off my shoulders. That the steps I have to take in order to balance work and more work will be easier without distraction.
What do you do?
Wake up. Do work. Go to work. Do work. Get lunch. Do work. Get home. Do work. Get in bed. Do work. Sleep for 5 hour. Do work. Bootycall. Do work. Sleep for an hour. Do work. Wake up. Do work..... Story of my life for the past month. It all gets better May 15th. Counting down the days to sanity.
Your full-time job is ultimately what feeds your face. If you're pressed for time, I'd consider putting one of these projects on hold. You can always pick them up later.Lately I've been putting over 20 hours per week into other projects beyond my full-time job.
It sounds like those might be freelance commitments that OP may not readily be able to put aside due to contracts, deadlines, and the like. Personally, beezneez I confess I almost never feel pressed for time in the way you describe. But one suggestion: get rid of cable. Cut out the TV, it's all crap. Besides that, which you may already have done, I'm afraid I don't have much advice to offer. Please try and get enough sleep! Don't cut back on sleep to make it all fit.
I was under the impression that the freelance commitments might have been considered to be part of 'full time job'. Makes sense, though, especially if there are contracts and deadlines involved. Those I'd remove by attrition: finish them and don't take on any new ones. If these are contracts, is there no way that some of them can be renegotiated? Obviously, of course, these need to be done honestly, but I don't think a reasonable person would have a time adjusting a deadline by a week if you are truly down to the wire and if you have a spouse or dependents who need attending to or illness. Regarding distractions: I am a new Reddit-quitter myself (the last straw was some microcephalic who called themselves a socialist despite being a flagrant racist and sexist and who told me they believed me to be a bad person for getting an education. I can't fucking believe people who believe this crap exist. I'm pretty sure actual socialist organizations have tenets of not being racist or sexist pricks and encourage greater access to university education). I haven't watched TV in years. I don't have a Facebook profile or a Twitter account. All my communication takes place by email. I am super-productive, and am actually at least a week ahead on all my schoolwork.
When I'm feeling hard-pressed for time, the main thing I do is prioritize. In fact I should prioritize right now and seriously finish one thing at a time.I've taken the same step and deleted it, and really it felt like a weight off my shoulders.
I'm not on FB and tend to ignore Twitter. Hubski is my only internet addiction and it doesn't feel weighty.