Even entrepreneurs who are doing what they love for a living have days when they just don’t feel like doing anything. They aren’t motivated. At all.
Even the usually eager entrepreneur can feel not so, well, eager. The good news is, there are tasks you can do that require little effort or brain power that will still have you feeling as if you actually made progress today.
Here’s a list of things you can add to (and then gleefully cross off) your to do list.
19 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE DOING ANYTHING
1. Clean out your email inbox. Once you get started, you may decide to delete from other folders, too.
2. While you’re at it, check out these other places you can clean out digital clutter.
3. Listen to a business related podcast. Two of my favorites are Ask Pat and The Lively Show.
4. Clean up your Pinterest boards. Are you really ever going to make that crazy glow in the dark cocktail?
5. Clear off your desk. It amazes me how quickly piles form on my desk.
6. Categorize all those uncategorized expenses in your financial software.
7. Delete old texts and old voicemails from your phone.
8. Remove apps you don’t use from your phone.
9. Brainstorm a list for blog post ideas.
10. Wipe down your computer screen and keyboard. Don’t forget the underside of the mouse, too.
11. Read a business related book. Here are 5 I highly recommend.
12. Schedule your social media posts ahead of time.
13. Refresh old blog posts with catchy titles and updates images.
14. Go somewhere. The coffee shop or library – just for a change of scenery.
15. Go supply shopping. Your business could always use some new pens, paper and post it notes.
16. Get rid of any online services you may be paying for, such as domains or monthly services, you don’t use.
17. Take photos of your office and other items you can use for social media posts in the future. Start building your own stock library.
18. It’s not just web surfing when it has a purpose – do some competitive research or get website design inspiration from around the internet.
19. When all else fails, take a nap.
Author Bio: Megan
Megan wants to live in a world where rainy days are for naps, wheat beer is not just for summer, and her dog always wants to snuggle. When she’s not snapping iphone photos, you can find her creating beautiful websites for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Her latest project — Prepare Your Square — is currently booking clients to have their Squarespace websites created in one day. Learn how you can have a website designed for you without having to take out a loan or feeling like you want to throw your laptop.
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I love flickering through pinterest and other blogs when I am not that inspired.
It really can help a lot and blogging in a coffee bar is great too!
xoxo Colli || TOBEYOUTIFUL
Great article. I will be dei=finitely applying these tips on my website. Thanks for sharing.
This is such a helpful post. I was already doing some of these things and not realizing how important they were to my blog. Thanks for helping me see that ?
This is a wonderful and smart list. I think we all get stuck in a rut at times. I’ll definitely be doing some of these things whether I’m in a rut or not because they have to get done. Thanks for the list! Stacie xo
This is such a helpful post. I was already doing some of these things and not realizing how important they were to my blog. Thanks for helping me see that 🙂
I really enjoyed this post, especially cleaning out your inbox and ridding your phone of apps, texts and whatever else you don’t use. It amazes me how fast things build up on there!
These are excellent suggestions. In fact, I’m printing the list to have handy for those blah days.
I’ve been told, however, that changing a blog post title can mess up crawling and ranking with Google. Do you know if that’s true or not?
Cheryl K
Great tips & ideas, I should be keeping these in mind now 🙂
Great list. when I do some of these I feel like I am “getting something done” which in turns motivates me to tackle a looming item on my to-do list. I should print these out, I am pretty sure they will come in handy.
Great list! And I love cleaning clutter from my desk, and deleting old emails from my inbox. Always makes me feel a bit more productive (not to mention, I feel able to get more done when I’m not staring at a pile of junk on my desk).
Thanks for this 🙂
All greatand smart tips of things to do. But I confess #19 is my favorite. Sometimes you need a time out from it all to recharge.