Anyone else suffer from off-the-job-laziness?

[WaterTight]

Once I get home after putting in a long hard day's work, I just cannot be bothered to do quotes, return voicemails etc. I just sit there saying, "in a bit," "another half an hour," "after the next coffee." And then go to bed.

I'm essentially looking to feel slightly less bad about myself by finding that others suffer from the same inability to do anything work related at home. If you cannot wait to get home and carry on working, keep to yourself, loser.

 

[lame plumber]

especially quotes for the ones who you know are going to be a pain

 

[WaterTight]

if you added up all the time you spend briefly remembering you still haven't done them and not feeling brilliant about it it would probably be triple the time it would take to just do the bloody thing

 

[Barry98]

Train your lass to do it pay her a wage even better make her a director then you just skim over them before sending them

 

[Millsy 82]

I made up a price list for boiler swaps etc with all the common things what I pay and include fitting it. So I give them a rough estimate when I'm there it takes about 15-20 mins usually the longest was 45 mins because the bloke asked loads of questions. My way of looking at it was I got fed up of doing quotes and not getting them in my own time now I have more of a chance getting them so don't mind doing them.

Bathrooms and full installs are different though. I still hate them.

 

[Millsy 82]

Oh and today I had to force myself to sort out 2.5 months of receipts. I wasn't happy.

 

[Leo21]

I always return calls as soon as I'm in the front door. I send initial quotes as simple emails, and tell them if they accept ill draught a full written one in paper. I always tell them I'm to busy to put them in paper straight away.
But I do feel your pain.

 

[solutions]

if you added up all the time you spend briefly remembering you still haven't done them and not feeling brilliant about it it would probably be triple the time it would take to just do the bloody thing

Definately on too somrthing there. Procrastination the thief of time.

 

[JCplumb]

It's a weird one, I seem to have more energy when I'm mad busy and less when I'm not, when I'm really busy I tend to be far more up to date with the non-tooly type stuff. Maybe it's a case of me thinking that I have all the time in the world to do it when I'm not busy so put it off more...

 

[mutley racers]

I just did this online course all about this. When you are thinking of something. You are.not looking forward to, it creates a chemical reaction in the same part of the brain as pain. So, the technique given is called the pomodoro technique. Set a timer for about 30 minutes and focus on what you do for half an hour with no distraction. Then, give yourself a little treat. I am starting to get into it as I hate paperwork too!

 

[galaxy_plumbing]

Train your lass to do it pay her a wage even better make her a director then you just skim over them before sending them

thats what i've done. she is pregnant, shes got lot of time