{"id":8899,"date":"2021-11-12T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T07:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1372577"},"modified":"2021-11-12T07:30:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T07:30:43","slug":"i-work-5-hours-a-day-and-ive-never-been-more-productive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8899","title":{"rendered":"I work 5 hours a day, and I\u2019ve never been more productive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Something\u2019s very wrong with the traditional 9 to 5: it doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

Scandinavian countries dominate the World Happiness Report<\/a> \u2014 Norway being the third most productive country in the world<\/a> and Helsinki winning the title of the best city for work-life balance<\/a>. And their standard working week is less than 40 hours long. They work a whopping 359 hours less<\/em> than Americans every year.<\/p>\n

How I began working 5-hour workdays (by accident)<\/h2>\n

When I quit my job in the great resignation of 2020 to become a freelance writer, I was determined to continue working eight-hour days. I was a \u201creal\u201d full-time writer, after all, and I needed to prove it by working just like everyone else works.<\/p>\n

That is, until I couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

I contracted COVID-19 in May 2021. After coming back to work in June, I began to notice my focus and energy falter. The doctor told me it was brain fog<\/a> \u2014 a common side-effect seen in those who\u2019ve recovered from the virus. I knew I might have to take it down a notch for a few months.<\/p>\n

On most days, I couldn\u2019t work beyond five hours. But surprisingly, my productivity didn\u2019t budge with the reduction in working hours: I earned the same income, met deadlines comfortably, and left the desk fulfilled. My clients were just as happy as before.<\/p>\n

But was my skyrocketed productivity just the result of the rest I had to take while recovering? I was skeptical. I decided to continue the shorter workday, despite fully recovering in July. And I\u2019m never going back to the eight-hour workday again.<\/p>\n

8-hour vs. 5-hour workdays<\/h2>\n

I work in Pomodoros<\/a> for everything \u2014 from writing to responding to emails to networking. I track how many hours I work, what I work on, and how much time I take to finish a task using the Pomofocus timer<\/a> and the data it provides.<\/p>\n