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Ideas for work schedules from comic book artists

Here’s another link that I found while looking for coaching links, which I have been thinking of applying to my own life. It’s a work schedule called GET TO WORK / TAKE A BREAK!. In the words of the comic book artist who is writing about it: “The concept is simple: Start with the largest block of WORK. Then have the shortest BREAK. Then, as the day progresses, DECREASE the size of the WORK blocks and INCREASE the size of the BREAKS.”

He provides a sample schedule:

8am-Noon DRAW
Noon-1pm BREAK (lunch)
1pm-3pm DRAW
3pm-5pm BREAK
5pm-7pm DRAW
7pm-10pm DRAW (sic) (dinner + movie / friends)
10pm-midnight DRAW

Granted, this particular version might only work for those with flexible schedules (like me, most of the time). He also provides some variations on theme, with seven other schedules that fit the general work break work plan.

posted at 17:21 on Tue, 16 Jan, 2007 | path: /living



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