Chris Marr

April 4, 2023

Working Part Time / 24-hours a week

From 3rd April 2023 I will be working part time hours in my job at IMPACT. 

This was a deliberate decision made by me, and influenced by many factors that I'll go into more detail about in a future note (if you have questions, email me about them...it'll help me explain my decision). 

What's relevant to this Deep Work blog is that I now have approximately 13 working days in the month, compared to an average of 21 for those working full-time. 

I've created a clear boundary and constraint, and part of the idea behind this is that I'll not only make smarter choices about what I choose to work on, I'll be less inclined to procrastinate. 

In other words, I'll do better work that's more valuable. 

I'm about to step in to my first 90-minute focus period as a part-time worker, and I'll be starting work on a project that's probably going to take 3-months to complete. 

I have about 4-minutes to set the conditions for the next 90-minutes. 

No internet
No phone (it's out of reach)
No instagram
No Slack/Basecamp
No notifications
Timer set

Let's do it! 

Chris. 

About Chris Marr

I have many projects - this is my deep work, deep life project…where I share how I’m approaching my work and my life in general.