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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