| We work to earn money, because we actually live in a | | | | to be some vacancies listed in the shop windows. |
| material world. You can be at peace and happy and | | | | If you've thrown in your job to concentrate on |
| as loving as you want - but it won't pay the phone bill | | | | something else (let's say, internet business) then start |
| or buy food. But what happens when your job no | | | | treating it like a job from the first day. |
| longer serves you? If you lose your job or choose to | | | | 7.00 Wake up, shower, dress etc. |
| leave your job, you suddenly find you've got way too | | | | 7.30 Exercise: walk, jog, play with dog. |
| much time on your hands. | | | | 8.00 Breakfast |
| Now what? | | | | 8.30 Respond to emails, calls, offers etc. |
| Time management is a strategy to effectively use the | | | | 12.00 Lunch |
| twenty four hours in the day, no matter how much | | | | 1.00 Marketing |
| spare time you have. While it seems that everyone | | | | 3.00 Trip to post office to post goods, collect mail etc |
| around you has no free time, you've got far too much | | | | 4.30 Finish for the day. |
| on your hands. What should you do with it? | | | | Even though the above is just a guide, you can see |
| The first step is to work out where you want to be | | | | how keeping to the same routine every day can help |
| next. Have you always dreamed of being a helicopter | | | | you not only get into the mindset of having a job, but |
| pilot but were stuck in a 9-5 rat race job? What's | | | | also stops you from procrastinating, using the internet |
| stopping you from becoming that pilot? When you sit | | | | for other reasons (such as social network sites; unless |
| down and do the maths, you'll find that becoming a | | | | they're part of your marketing strategy), and keeps |
| helicopter pilot is probably cheaper than doing a course | | | | you focused on using your time effectively. |
| at university. You have the time to do it now! | | | | Of course, you can have more than one time |
| If you want to be employed full time again, look for | | | | management strategy. You may wish to dedicate |
| another job. Make it a full time effort. Get on the | | | | three days a week to a home-based business and |
| internet every morning, apply for anything that catches | | | | two days to casual or volunteer work outside the |
| your eye, look around for short courses you can do or | | | | home. You may wish to concentrate on home duties |
| volunteer work to keep you busy and out of the | | | | two days a week and casual work three days. |
| house a day or two a week. (This also looks great on | | | | Whatever you decide is completely up to you. In this |
| a resume: instead of being unemployed for six months, | | | | day and age, it's easy to achieve your dreams, take |
| you did volunteer work). Print off a handful of CVs and | | | | care of your family, have the business (or job) you |
| head off to your local shopping centre; there's bound | | | | want, and be happy. |