Comments on: My Affiliate Recession Solution – Work Fewer Hours & Less Days a Week!

By: Recognising When Your Work System Is No Longer Efficient » UK Affiliate Marketing Blog - Kirsty's Affiliate Marketing Guide - Affiliate Stuff UK

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:38:32 +0000

[...] Today I realised it has been just over a year since I cut my working hours and implemented a new work structure. It has been a pleasing success and it has been a massive help in me pushing on my business to [...]

By: My New Affiliate Work Plan Update - 10 Days In » UK Affiliate Marketing Blog - Kirsty's Affiliate Marketing Guide - Affiliate Stuff UK

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:41:47 +0000

[...] affiliate organisation fans. I got a surprising amount of feedback to my previous post about my stress levels and lack of structure, and have had some mails asking me how its been going… so I thought it was only fair to give [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:51:30 +0000

Great to hear this is working for you Kirsty.

It’s something anyone being their own boss should take a look at. Especially in affiliate marketing as there are endless opportunities out there it’s easy to try and do too much / get sidetracked.

As per some of your previous advice the best thing to do stress wise as well as results wise is get organised, stop the distractions and get stuck into finishing off a project, as much as you can ever “finish off” a website but I hope you know what I mean ?!

I hope you continue to have a “soft landing” in the recession!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:07:51 +0000

Good tactics! I worked from home for awhile and having a bit of structure really made me so much more efficient. When I have a plan in front of me, it’s easy to tick off the boxes, so to speak; without the plan, I sat swimming in front of my desk working ever more hours…

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:18:44 +0000

Thanks everyone, except Nadeem – Imagine being jealous of me doing backbreaking gardening

Its good to know that I’m not the only one getting the old affiliate knickers in a twist and even better to know that my method is useful / relevant!

By: Hamish

Hamish — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:44:23 +0000

Hi Kirsty,

I’ll bet there are many reading this post and see a bit of themselves in it – me included!

I have been doing something similar since Christmas, although my lunch hour involves either a long bike ride in the forest, a workout in the garage or, on my day off exercise, an hour of ‘Loose Women’ – sad but quite humorous.

Not only that, I took the drastic measure (no pun) and stopped drinking during January – not even on Burns night!!

I now feel so much better, get more done in my day and do like you, avoid time wasting distractions like the ones you have mentioned – 2009 is on the up.

Hamish

By: James

James — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:40:36 +0000

Interesting to here that the planned worklist the evening before really works. I have read various “productivity” books etc which preach this method but never implemented. maybe it is the time to start

By: nate

nate — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:35:18 +0000

I’ve seen this type of schedule and more importantly, philosophy, work so well for people in the past. Just be careful not to get sucked back into working longer hours when a crisis occurs. Stay on the “wagon” per se.

Congrats.

By: Nadeem Azam

Nadeem Azam — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:35:02 +0000

“I’ve been able to get out and do some gardening every evening”

- what do you mean Kirsty? It’s cold, dark and damp, how can you do gardening in the evening?

Sorry, I forgot you moved to glorious Aussieland. I hate you!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:21:40 +0000

I’m exactly like you Kirsty. When something goes a bit abnormal with stats / visitors / any old darn thing then I used to stew on it every hour of the day and keep fiddling when I was meant to be doing other things.

Over the last week I decideed enough was enough, and have been setting myself plans that have seen me be far more productive and producing much better content than the panic rubbish I can throw out when stressed!

One thing we haven’t been doing the same though is gardening. I’m still waiting for the snow to clear off it first!