It’s interesting, because as I read more books and listen to more audio program, similar these constantly keep appearing. the latest thing I’ve heard is using outsourcing to do the work you don’t like. I’ve heard it a few times before, but like so many things I looked at it, and thought… eh… I don’t need to do that. Now that I realize just how valuable my time has become (maybe it’s because I feel like I have so little of it free), I find myself wondering, what can I outsource???
Those of you that know me, might describe me as hands-on (that’s a nice way of saying micro-manager/control freak) 🙂 While this isn’t all bad (as long as no one is micromanaging me. ha ha ha), it means that i Have a hard time letting things go to other people. I’m even noticing it in my “day job” that I just don’t trust other people to do things… so instead I try to run the whole show. This is a terrible trait for someone that aspires to be independently wealthy and be able to enjoy life. So my most recent struggle is… what can I let go, to get some time back into my life? I know myself well enough, to realize that I better start small, so I can get a quick win… but when I look at my to-do list, it turns out I have a lot of little things… none of which I’m anxious to hand over to someone else… for example…
Paying random bills – there are always some bills that I have to log into my bank or the website and send a check for. I could hand this over to my wife, but again… control freak. I don’t want to hand over the checkbook… so… what’s next…
check the garden, empty the compost pot… I actually like doing these things. Not glamorous, but I love mentally checking out… so what’s next?
Writing blog posts… well, as nice as it would be… that’s gotta come from me. Don’t get me wrong, anyone out there interested in doing a guest post, please hit me up. I’d love to take a day off =) but in general, this is something I can’t delegate…
File Papers… well, who the hell would understand my filing system. To me it’s logical, but my friends will attest, what I see as logical, doesn’t always gel with the rest of the world. Afterall, I was crazy enough to join the USMC at the age of 28. I can’t be all there…
Creating landing pages for some of my new White Papers… now, here’s a good potential. I know I’m not the creative type, and someone could likely do this better than me… ok. I think I found my first potential… but now what… where do I go? Elance? on-line search? crap, now I added something new to my list. ha ha ha. never ends. But going forward, this might be a great place to start.
Infinite Development Tasks. Now here’s a potential as well. I have so many things on my list, and really, coding another web app isn’t that exciting. Rather, I’d prefer to do the design work, and then let someone else handle the web dynpro portions… now, I need to find some help.
Well, thanks for letting me ramble… And if you happen to be interested in some free lance development work, please let me know. I’d love talk to you…
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