How Do You Set Up Your Work Schedule?

I know that a lot of you are self employed, and I am curious as to how you set your schedules up.

I try to work in my business as if I was working for someone else. (i.e. I get up in the morning at 7 A.M., get ready, and start working from 8-5 with a break in between for lunch)

Now, I don't follow this exactly, particularly when I need to work longer, but it tends to work well because for me, psychologically, I can keep work separate from the time I spend on winding down in the evening. I find it works well, and on the weekends I often do not work as well.

How do you guys deal with not having a set schedule that someone else is giving you?

Do you work a certain number of hours per day every day, or do you work longer days and take weekends off?

 

The rule that really works for me: I plan the list of things that have to be done today and don't go to bad until it's done.

 

I wonder if there are any good softwares for managing work load?

 

http://www.rescuetime.com/ is a free one that I use to monitor how I am spending the time on my computer.

It's very useful, it tracks what type of actions you are doing on your computer. For instance, if you're visiting mostly social networking sites, it will tell you how many hours and which sites you went to during the day.

I find it helpful to show how I spend my work time.

 

Thank you that should help heaps when I start my University studies next year.

 

i think its not so easy to work on your own, and decide the hours. so many distractions

but like someone in this thread says, just plan what needs to be done for the day and try to finish it before hitting your way to bed

 

You're welcome, hope it helps you when you get there.

 

I used to get up at 7 AM and start working until 9 AM, until my breakfast time. Then around lunch time I would finish all of this work, but now since I don't get u in 7 AM my schedule is messed up so it might take whole day for me to finish my work...