http://www.surajshah.com/2007/12/02/liberation-through-restraint-how-limiting-computer-use-to-6-hours-per-week-can-lead-to-freedom/ vegan-friendly London-based marketing consultant Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:21:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.surajshah.com/2007/12/02/liberation-through-restraint-how-limiting-computer-use-to-6-hours-per-week-can-lead-to-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Kavit Haria » Experiments in Time Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:48:14 +0000 http://www.surajshah.com/2007/12/02/liberation-through-restraint-how-limiting-computer-use-to-6-hours-per-week-can-lead-to-freedom/#comment-57 [...] Time is probably the most valuable thing we have. Once gone, it cannot come back. Every seconds count is not just a saying. It is the truth for that second will never return.Experiments in time are a great way to learn the meaning when you forget it and want to re-learn it.I am only checking email at one time each day. By turning my attention to the inbox just once a day rather than several times during the day, and therefore not having the send and receive function on “as soon as I receive an email” I have saved up nearly a few hours of time to use on productive work. At the same time, I am learning to re-focus that extra time on things that require more important attention.Sol is also experimenting this week. As he announced on his blog, he’s only going to turn on his laptop for 6 hours this week. More radical than my experiment in more ways than one.I called him this morning at around 12 noon and he had told me that he had already spent one hour in the morning. Imagine that: Monday morning and you’ve only spent one hour of your 6 hour quota on the laptop. He found it quite exciting to batch up tasks and get them out the way. It was a solid, focused and productive hour. He now has five more hours for the rest of the week. Pretty impressive. Can you imagine just working on your laptop or PC for no more than 6 hours for at least one week. How would you spend your time? What would you do?  [...] [...] Time is probably the most valuable thing we have. Once gone, it cannot come back. Every seconds count is not just a saying. It is the truth for that second will never return.Experiments in time are a great way to learn the meaning when you forget it and want to re-learn it.I am only checking email at one time each day. By turning my attention to the inbox just once a day rather than several times during the day, and therefore not having the send and receive function on “as soon as I receive an email” I have saved up nearly a few hours of time to use on productive work. At the same time, I am learning to re-focus that extra time on things that require more important attention.Sol is also experimenting this week. As he announced on his blog, he’s only going to turn on his laptop for 6 hours this week. More radical than my experiment in more ways than one.I called him this morning at around 12 noon and he had told me that he had already spent one hour in the morning. Imagine that: Monday morning and you’ve only spent one hour of your 6 hour quota on the laptop. He found it quite exciting to batch up tasks and get them out the way. It was a solid, focused and productive hour. He now has five more hours for the rest of the week. Pretty impressive. Can you imagine just working on your laptop or PC for no more than 6 hours for at least one week. How would you spend your time? What would you do?  [...]

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