We are all probably guilty of wasting some of our freelance writing time each day and this really isn’t good for your career. How much time do you think you waste each day? When you sit down to start your freelance work what is the first thing you do?
Many of us check our emails first thing and this can be a big mistake. You could have 100 emails sitting in your inbox and no matter how quickly you go through them you are still going to waste at least 10 minutes or more of your time. The best advise is to set a specific time for checking and replying to emails. If you put aside 30 minutes in the morning to go through emails that should be it. Don’t leave your email window open on your computer as it only serves as a distraction. Everytime that little “you’ve got mail” popup appears you will be tempted to go and check what it is. If you are in the middle of typing an article this could be detremental because when you come back to your article you have to get back into it all over again. Your train of thought will be lost.
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