The Importance of 12 Easy Ways to gain
Book Writing Time
If you think you’re not maximizing the
amount of time you can devote to writing
your books to inform/entertain your readers,
I can relate to your dilemma. Although I still
have a long way to go before I’m fully
time-efficient as a content producer, I have
learned a lot and will share that with you.
Here are 12 easy ways to gain book writing
time.
More efficient bathing
• I recommend taking showers instead of
baths. It takes awhile for bath water to run,
it’s hard to wash your hair in a bath, you
must rinse out the tub afterwards and it’s a
waste of water, leading to a higher water bill.
Instead of taking a shower/bath every day,
consider taking one every three days and just
washing up your private area on the days in
between.
• The best thing you can do for quicker
showers is to have a good shower head and a
good bathtub valve. After I replaced the
shower head I inherited upon moving into
my new house four years ago, I immediately
began having warmer shower water but the
water still wasn’t fully as hot as I would have
liked and my tub faucet soon began leaking
nonstop.
• A few years ago, I had to have a plumber
replace the cartridge in my valve once I was
no longer able to run any shower or bath
water. This has already paid dividends on
my time in which my faucet water is now so
warm that I don’t have to waste a minute or
two letting the water warm up before
commencing my shower.
Searching for Items around your Home
and Elsewhere less
• It drives me crazy to waste vast time
searching for something. Besides being
organized regarding the placement of
everything in your home, it helps to
visualize or verbally tell yourself where
you’re putting something you may not use
immediately or often such as paint or
insect spray.
• Stay aware of what’s on your person at
all times. While mowing my dad’s lawn
once, I had a small book I brought along
tucked inside my partially buttoned shirt.
At one point, I realized the book was missing;
subsequently, I spent several minutes looking
for it around the front yard and back yard
before finding it on the western side yard
behind a hedge. If I had constantly felt my
body for my book, I could have avoided this
predicament.
Making your Socks last longer
Long toenails puncture socks. By always
keeping your toenails short, you should
rarely have to go to the store or conduct an
online search to buy new socks.
Consuming Organic Milk
• Buy organic milk instead of regular
milk which generally spoils or turns
completely watery before the former.
Refrigerate your milk immediately upon
returning home and make sure it’s the
first item you put away – adding a pinch
of salt to it can help. In the event it comes
out a little watery while pouring it into a
bowl, shake it up and it should be okay
for staying in good condition for at least
two weeks.
• Before I began buying organic milk over
a year ago, the regular milk I was buying
in recent times would always turn watery
within a few days and stay watery, no
matter how much I shook the jug and no
matter its expiration date which I paid
attention to before making the purchase.
Now that I’m purchasing organic milk, I
no longer have to waste roughly 20
minutes walking to my nearest
convenience store to buy more milk then
returning home.
Fast Internet Speed/Proper Computer
Care
• If your internet speed is always slow,
your productivity can dramatically lag –
for a fast connection, please use Spectrum
or AT&T.
• If you can make all your computers last
close to ten years or longer, imagine how
many more writings you can finish.
• Refrain from eating and drinking
anything at your device which is sticky or
likely to get under your keys, protect your
device from direct sunlight and turn it off
if you’re likely to be away from it for at
least 2 hours, as excessive heat buildup
can shorten the life of your computer.
• Keep your blinds, curtains and shades
closed in the room you keep your
computer in while you’re away from home
or while you’re at home but out of your
computer room while there’s sunlight
coming through the windows there.
Having Good TV Reception
• If you usually have to make too much TV
or antenna adjustment upon turning on
your TV set, you’re losing too much time.
If you use a SOLID SIGNAL antenna for
your set like me, place it against the
nearest window for optimal reception.
• Never let your SOLID SIGNAL antenna
be exposed to direct sunlight. Remove it
from your window once you’re done
watching TV for the day.
Smarter Yard Work
• The most important thing you can do to
get the most of your lawn care is to spend
at least 400 to 500 bucks on a powerful,
self-propelled lawn mower which will
likely last at least a few years and makes
cutting your grass quicker and less
strenuous upon your squeezing the third
handle which shifts your mowing from
manual mode to automatic mode.
• Don’t mow any part of your lawn when
it’s too short, muddy or saturated – wait
until grass is about 2 to 3 inches tall
before cutting it.
• There should be times when you can
skip mowing your back lawn, your side
lawn or parts of your front lawn for
about a week or two, easily giving you at
least 20 to 30 minutes of extra time in
your day.
• Don’t fill up your mower with gasoline
indoors, as this may cause carbon
monoxide poisoning.
• Always keep a little bit of lawn mower
engine oil inside your mower and check to
see that it’s lubricated before you begin
mowing each day you cut grass.
• Putting in too much oil can lead to
smoke and an overheated mower and thus
make it too hard to resume cutting grass
before you can have a qualified technician
fix your appliance; I found this out the
hard way.
• A good way to see if you have the right
amount of oil is to pull out your oil cap
stick and check to make sure this stick
only gathers oil for about an inch
starting from the bottom of the stick.
• Never make my mistake of buying an
aluminum shed whose retail cost is about
300 to 400 dollars, as it will probably
break down soon.
• I recommend investing in an expensive,
quality shed like the Woodbridge by
Arrow shed I subsequently bought then
buy a Master Lock for your shed once
you’re done having someone help you
assemble it – using a cordless power drill
will be of major help.
• Anchor down the inside corners of your
shed with heavy bricks and stones so it
won’t be toppled over or blown away by
strong winds.
Reducing your Trips to Places like The
Home Depot/Expediting your Store Visit
When I go to The Home Depot to buy
something I’ll have to continue using for
awhile like weed killer, I buy four bottles of
it so I don’t have to return to buy more of it
too soon. If I have come to buy multiple
items and I’m running out of time to get
out of there in time to catch my bus and not
have to wait an hour for the next one, I’ll
settle for just getting up to half the items I
came for then head to the checkout line.
Streamlined Grocery Shopping
• Try going grocery shopping every 2
weeks instead of weekly. Besides gaining
more spare time overall, it makes sense to
do this, considering that you can often
make milk and produce last two weeks.
• You’ll get out of the store faster by
bringing a well-written grocery list for
which you have ample space between
each item, you can easily read your
handwriting and you have organized your
list according to where all the items in the
store are located and in what aisles.
• Once you finish making the list, double
check to make sure you haven’t omitted
any items you usually buy and those you
specifically intend to get on your
upcoming trip.
• As you get close to grocery shopping day,
check your cupboards, shelves and food
boxes to see if there’s anything you need to
get now. Cross off any items on your list
which you discover you don’t need to get.
• Check to make sure you got all the cold
items you need before departing the
refrigerated and frozen foods section; it
can be a big hassle to check your list later
in your store visit then discover you must
go all the way back to the other side of the
store to get a cold item you neglected to get
when you were just over there.
• Before buying meats such as steaks and
ribs, make sure they have lots of white
marble – the more marble they contain, the
less tough they will be to cut up and eat.
• If you find it tough to open a clear
produce bag attached to other bags on a
roll in the grocery store, pull the front part
of the bag to the baseline of your hand
then rub the bag in a circular motion with
your other hand – the closer to the center
of your palm that you rub the bag, the
better.
How to open Cans and Jars
• To open cans which have a pull tab,
pull the tab back fast then pull it up
hard to reduce the likelihood of the
tab breaking off.
• When encountering tough-to-open
jars, use a bottle opener to pry open
their lids.
Reduced cooking time
• Consider cooking two days a week then
having leftovers throughout the week. I
cook on Fridays and Saturdays then have
leftovers from Friday’s meal on Sunday
and Tuesday, eat leftovers from Saturday’s
meal on Monday and Wednesday then
generally microwave or bake a quick meal
on Thursdays – this makes things so much
easier on me, as I work outside my home
full time.
Reducing the amount of flies in your home
• If you’re constantly going after flies in
your home, you won’t be able to do much
pertaining to your writings.
• Look for where flies are coming from and
tape up any cracks and gaps you find.
• If a mosquito enters your home but it
gets away as you try to kill it, apply insect
repellent which repels mosquitos all over
your neck, your arms, your legs, your feet
and behind your ears. Spray your pets well.
• I recommend using Zevo Insect Killer.
• Another effective way to get rid of flies in
your home is to hang up Raid fly trap sticks.
That’s a wrap on 12 easy ways to gain book
writing time. Because I have taken all these
steps, I have more time to devote to my author
work. You’ll be able to do the same thing once
you incorporate the 12 easy ways to gain book
writing time I just discussed.
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