Working Deadlines Essay

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In school, deadlines were the motivator to get things done. Of course, for many of us, it was the night before or the morning of when we finally got moving. But, nonetheless, deadlines were that big motivator that made us suddenly productive. As adults we are mostly allowed to create our own deadlines, which some of us never do. Many people prefer to live carefree and get things done when we they feel it. I tried living carefree once. It didn't work. I didn't accomplish anything and I didn't move closer to my goals. Because I had set no deadlines for my goals, I felt no pressure to be productive, which was a disaster. I now look at it as time wasted and I have twinges of regret here and there when i think about how much closer I could have …show more content…

Whether it’s writing, researching, creating images, brainstorming, etc., I allocate a time-frame. It could be as little as 30 minutes or the deadline could be the end of the day. This keeps me focused, productive, and on track with time management. It can also stop me over thinking something.

My Favorite Way Of Creating Deadlines

Challenges. I am addicted to challenges. Just thinking about entering a challenge gets me excited and makes me want to plan out how I am going to win the challenge.

I do a lot of 30-day challenges. I view them as short-term goals, because I create challenges that, put together, will help me reach my medium-term goals.

For instance, if I want to create a certain amount of success with a blog in a year, I will give that success a definite number and deadline. Then I will create medium-term goals, which are usually just half-way points to the long-term goals. Then I will create challenges to help me meet my medium-term goals. For Productive Schedule this month, my challenge was to publish a daily post. I started March 1st, and my deadline to create 31 posts is March 31st. It's easy to stay motivated to do this challenge because I know what I have to do, when I have to do it by, and why I have to do …show more content…

Create Long-Term, Medium-Term, and Short-Term Deadlines

I really see deadlines as goals, so it's clear to me that creating short-term deadlines that help you meet your medium-term deadlines can help you meet your long-term deadlines.

For instance, if you are a blogger, your deadlines may look like this...

Short-term deadline: Finish writing post by noon daily. Medium-term deadline: Publish 31 posts by the end of this month. Long-term deadline: Publish over 200 posts.

5. Make The Action Clear

When you create a deadline, make sure the action is clear. If not, it could hinder your ability to get what you want. While most deadlines have a clear action required, some are not always that clear.

For instance, if you set a deadline to make $1000 in a month, you need to make sure you have actions in place that will help you reach that deadline. While you are taking action, you may be guided towards a different action, but if you don't take any concrete action at all, you will skip around from one thing to another never really accomplishing anything. That will make it hard to meet your

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