Do These Things After 6 P.M.

And Your Life Will Never Be

The Same

The time before you go to bed is golden, as it exists every single

day, and it’s usually completely yours to schedule.

What do you want to do with this time? Read? Work on a hobby

you’re passionate about?

Take advantage of this time!

That time between clocking out of work and hitting the sheets
every night is yours to do whatever you want.
How you spend the hours before you go to bed reflects the value
you place on the most important things in life.

But the reality is that, after a long day’s work, you feel exhausted
and all you want to do is to take a long break and zone out with
the television on.
It’s all in how you prioritize your life after work and most
importantly how you plan tomorrow. Plan tomorrow today to
make it easier to begin immediately.
Identifying daily priorities might seem like an obvious or
insignificant step to take, but writing your most important
tasks down the previous night turns your subconscious mind
loose while you sleep and frees you from worrying about being
unprepared. You’ll probably find that you wake up with great
ideas related to the tasks or conversations that you hadn’t even
considered!

Starting and consistently doing or creating something will give

you a sense of empowerment that can translate in the office as
well.

Extracurricular outlets don’t just boost your sanity — they feed

back into your day job and can actually make you more
productive.
But the daily grind can easily overshadow your passion
project like writing a book, learning a new language,
starting an online business, creating art, learning an
instrument, designing, learning to code, collecting and
selling vintage objects etc.

It’s not enough to show up to work on time, and do a good job!

You have to remain relevant and consistently improve

to become a better version of yourself.

The biggest problem many people have is finding TIME to

actually put ideas to work.

Striking a balance and committing time, attention and energy to

that one special project that needs your focus is possible if you
really want to pursue a meaningful project.

The trick is to turn that passion project into a habit!

What you do every night after work can be life and career
changing!
 1. The 60/30 minutes rule
For the next 30 days, devote just 60 minutes of your time after work to the best
opportunity in your life.

Nothing else. Zero distractions.

Your single most important task within that time is to make even the smallest
progress on your passion project.
You don’t have to make significant progress. But it matters that you stay
consistent.

Do not compromise family values to get ahead in life though.

Create your own balanced, fulfilling life.

If 60 minutes is not realistic for you. Dedicate 30 uninterrupted minutes to it for

the next 30 days and you will be amazed at the results.

You could even consider investing this time in your passion project in the
morning before work.

Choose what works best for you.

However slow you move or improve, you will be deeply fulfilled in the fact that
you are actually pursuing something you care about.

Something that means the world to you.

Something you have always wanted to do.

2. YOU are your biggest investment!

Your development starts with what you know about yourself.

Do you know “YOU”? What are you capable of? What are you curious
about?
What have you always wanted to do in your spare time that could help
you pursue the life you want?

“The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few
people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the
actual horsepower of their output in life. Potential exceeds realization for
many people…The best asset is your own self. You can become to an
enormous degree the person you want to be.”

If you have a good idea of who you are and what you want to do with your
life, you are half way to a successful life.

Invest in yourself, it’s the best investment you can ever make.

Create a bigger version of yourself.

Don’t settle on a self-imposed plateau; always aim a bit higher than

before.

It’s not about the kind of skills you acquire because you have
to, but because you want to and it feels right.

Something you are happy to do without hesitation.

Skills that are unique to you. Skills you can only learn by doing. Skills that
can only be developed when you find your true self.

When you put yourself on the line or otherwise expose yourself to the
possibility of failure.

3. Start by reading but focus on your

creative pursuit!
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original
dimensions.”

The habit of reading can change your perception, improve your

worldview or better still expose creative ideas to you when you least
expect it.

Whatever you want in life, knowledge is key.

Reading can give you a good head start if you want to start slow and
figure out your meaningful work.
You will acquire new information every day. And even transfer your
knowledge within your company.

You could also create new possibilities for your employer based on your
daily evening discoveries.
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”

Don’t get caught up in just the habit of reading without pursuing your
creative work. You learn best by doing.

You don’t want to divert the mind too much from its creative pursuits.

Even if you have 30 minutes every night, each week you can easily read a
book or better still start learning by creating something!

4. Spend an hour a day to learn about a topic

Exercise your creative genius. Anything new to your brain can stimulate
it.

Different skills, ideas, cultures, and opinions can have a positive effect on
your own views about the world.

Acquiring new skills and gaining knowledge on a daily incremental basis

is a proven way to take your career to the next level and improve your
self-esteem.

It’s about time you figured out what could be improved, challenged, done
different, done with less effort to achieve more.

Start questioning everything.

Consider everything. Go through every possibility until you know for a
fact it can or cannot be done.

“If I had never dropped in on that single calligraphy course in

college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or
proportionally spaced fonts.”

You never know what will be useful ahead of time. Try new skills and they
will connect with the rest of your skills in the future.
 5. Reflect on what you learn by writing
Apart from becoming a better writer, journaling can help you organise
your thoughts. Journaling encourages deep thinking.

6. Make THIS your most amazing year yet!

Don’t invest in a career. Build a life.

For centuries we’ve been trained by the system to stop thinking and do as
we are told. But dreamers and thinkers are changing the world as we
know it.

Thinkers and dreamers are the new untouchables but ONLY when they
TAKE ACTION!

The only thing holding you back from doing something truly amazing, is
you. The world is full of amazing people.

It’s still okay to dream, wish and hope for an amazing life — not just an
okay life, but a ridiculously amazing life.

You are where you are today because of the choice you made
yesterday.

Your choices today will determine whether you will have an

amazing or regretful life tomorrow.
 7. Re-think your evening routine!
If you make creative pursuit part of your weekly schedule, at least
Monday through Friday, you’ll begin to see change as long as you keep
doing it at the same time each day.

Make it a habit to see significant improvement.

A routine at night means better time management.

Think of all of the time that was either used productively or possibly
wasted after work till the time you go to sleep and ask yourself what could
I have done or can I do with all of that time?

There truly are no limits as to what you could have learned or

accomplished. It’s what separates the masses from the high achivers in
this world!

But changing your habits and life can start NOW!

Prioritise and protect your morning and evening routines, and you will
change your life for good.