Reading Notes | "Atomic Time" How to spend trivial time after get off work? Make good use of the 4 hours of golden time at night to increase extra income and create a free life!

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Many people think that weekdays are "working days" and weekends are "non-working days". They only do two things on weekdays: work hard and wait for the weekend when they don't work.

As soon as I open my eyes in the morning, I have to rush to get ready to go to work; in the evening, I come home tired. I have 4 to 5 hours to use freely after get off work, but I often spend it watching dramas and scrolling on my phone. We always tell ourselves "this is relaxing".



The author Han Liubin is a time management expert in Korea. Her job is a busy veterinarian, but when the off-duty time comes, she immediately turns into a drama and movie actor, YouTuber, lecturer... and other multiple identities. This is her "second Life".

The author proves the idea that "goals can be achieved from Monday to Friday, and you don't have to wait until the weekend to start" . She found that when people are tired of their full-time work, there is another spiritual sustenance that can inject energy into them, which can make their days fuller and fuller. As long as they hold the mentality of "I like it", they can use their evening time to take a step forward. Next challenge to create a sideline business and increase income.




The first half of this book explains how we can find out our interests and turn them into practical goals, gain more happiness and self-confidence, and do what we like, and the financial resources will follow.

The second half provides specific "evening plan" how to arrange. She shared the method of setting goals, the arrangement of evening plan, and the tips for forming habits . She also pointed out some myths that affect plan setting or execution, and Provide simple and easy-to-understand time management tips, which will make you feel that "reaching your goals" is not difficult at all.


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In order to make it easy for readers to follow, the book provides 4 useful forms. The author usually uses these 4 forms to achieve the goal. Just scan the QR code to download the blank form for free practice !


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1. Scan the QR code on the book




2. After the decoding is complete, open the web page


















3. Free Download Format Sheet

This QR code APP has a history record function, which will save the decoding record. If you want to download a blank form later, you don't need to scan the QR code again, which is very convenient!





How do I find out what to do after get off work?


Want to do something after get off work, but don't know exactly what to do.

When you first want to try a side job, it’s normal that you can’t grasp the key points at the beginning. You need to go through many trial and error before you can find the evening activities that suit you. If you plan well, you can do far more things after get off work than you imagined. More rich and diverse, the author provides 3 suggestions:



1. Things that keep you a little busy but less stressful

Even on days when you feel tired, there is always something that can brighten your eyes! As long as it is something you like, set a time to continue doing it! The information accumulated continuously may become a resource for future entrepreneurial profits!


2. To calculate the cost of time and money

Enthusiasm is very important when starting to try new things, but the real time and cost must also be considered clearly. The author was too impulsive at the beginning and invested a large amount of money in the development of the app too quickly. Later, he found that the time and cost of operation were unbearable load, and finally had to suspend the project. If you can't understand and calculate the time required for sideline business, it's easy to do nothing.


3. Have the courage to give up

Absolutely remember that side hustle, as the name suggests, is a "side" hustle, and if it fails, it is used as a test of the water temperature. The author has many examples of failure and giving up in the past. For example, she wanted to take beautiful photos and become an IG celebrity, but she couldn't understand the recently popular online beauty style and gave up. I want to learn painting and video software, but the lines are too thick, so I give up. Want to develop App but the cost is too high, give up.

After constant trials and trials, she found a slash sideline that she is really passionate about: operating the YouTube platform and developing paper and notebook products. What the author wants to say is that as long as the cost is grasped in advance, failure is not terrible. If you hit a wall, you will lose hope, and you will always find a side job that suits you!




Types of side jobs suitable for different specialties


If you want to know what kind of side job is suitable for you, you can choose from the following categories:


■ Good at using Excel, Photoshop program

Online courses have become an increasingly mainstream trend in recent years. Whether it is interest-oriented or work-related professional knowledge, most of them can be found in a wide range of online courses.
You can organize your knowledge into online courses for sale. There are many online course platforms on the market, such as the Hahow online platform. The advantage is that recording a video can generate an endless source of income.


■ Good at organizing text ideas: running a blog

Blogs are one of the most commonly used channels for many people who are interested in earning income outside the industry. They operate profitable blogs, earn endorsement fees through industry content, or set up websites and embed advertisements to collect advertisements based on clicks Fees, build a blog with interesting content, continue to operate, guide more visitors to bring you passive income.



■ Like drawing:

Suitable as a graphic illustrator, publishing a variety of peripheral products.
At the beginning, you can try to make LINE stickers or manage a personal illustration IG portfolio. There are also many manufacturers of small-scale production products in the market, and everyone has the potential to be a creator.


■ Likes to take pictures around:

If you like taking pictures, how about trying to sell the pictures you take? Nowadays, many Youtube videos, newspapers, magazines, or corporate documents require a lot of pictures. If you like to take pictures, it is very suitable to put your own pictures on the gallery website. More motivation to continue the interest in "photographing" for a long time.


■ Has the character of a fanatic who studies a certain field:

If you are a "fanatic" in a certain field, be sure to find fans in the same field, try to create topical content, such as opening a Youtube channel, and share with others what you are good at and enjoy in it. This yield is more efficient and less stressful.





How to start


Four steps to goal setting

Turn expectations into reality, not just fantasy, how to detail the plan? The author puts forward 4 sequential items. When setting goals, the suggestion can be divided into "long-term goals" and "short-term goals":


(1) Big goal: the goal that I really want to achieve in this life (or in the past two years)
(2) Find meaning think about why you want to achieve this goal and what it means to you
(3) Clarify the direction what must be done in order to accomplish the big goal
(4) Action plan small actions that must be taken immediately in order to achieve the goal




Mandala Thinking

This is a tool for making plans and concretizing ideas using the Jiugongge .

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Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Otani used the "mandala thinking method" to establish his long-term goals since he was in high school. This is a plan table with a total of 81 grids. In the nine-square grid in the center, the space in the center is the "core goal", and the eight surrounding ones are the "secondary goals".

Around this nine-square grid, there are eight more nine-square grids, which are "action steps" derived from the eight secondary goals. These action steps are as quantifiable, achievable, and time-bound as possible.

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When you complete this form, it means that you have an idea of ​​the next action plan. The next step is to make a list of goals and draw up action steps.

There is no concept of time in the mandala plan table, so for the specific actions listed in the previous step, you can list all to-do tasks and plans in detail, including priority, estimated completion time, etc., just like the work will The schedule used is the same.



Arrangement of evening programs


Daily Records and Feedback

Every time you finish something, or every hour, write down what you just did.

The author is very good at using the "functional note" method of handwritten notes. Through each record, you can discover your own inertia in using time. The purpose of this is to "find the gap where time slips away" . Real-time detection and reflection can be realized through recording, which is feedback.


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Writing:

1. Write down the to-do list, and write down the key items to be done the next day the night before. Instead of writing what comes to mind, start with the most critical items and sort them in order of priority.

2. Take the time axis as the middle line, and record both before and after. The left side is the estimated itinerary or the appointment of the day, and the right side is the "post-event record" of what things were actually done. You can know which things take longer or shorter than planned and other variables.

3. Don’t forget to record the secondary fields
This field can be used to record important things other than work or tasks every day, such as exercise.


evening schedule

The author will write down the things he wants to do every night by handwriting the planner, which is equivalent to using a "conscious" method to use the time after get off work every day. The author also reminds this step not to give yourself too much pressure Stress and timetables are not made to imprison yourself. If your physical and mental conditions are really too tired that day, you don’t have to force yourself to follow the plan, and you can make adjustments flexibly.



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how to avoid wasting time


What exactly is rest? What is a waste of time?

The simplest observation principle is: as long as you feel recharged, it is a good rest; if you feel bad after the rest, it is a waste of time.

The author believes that the biggest enemy of time management is not rest, but the inability to rest well or work well . Therefore, when planning evening plans, remember to put in the time for rest and recharge, so that you can "recharge in a planned way".





Before you start, a few things to keep in mind


Seeing this, do you also feel full of motivation, want to find your own interests and put them into action? Here, the author uses his own experience to remind us of a few things to pay attention to:



1.  Before setting a goal, ask yourself from the bottom of your heart, is this something you really want to do, or is it for the opinions of others? It is not to do what others tell you to do, but to find out what you like and want to do all the time. This kind of experience is very precious. Don’t be shaken by other people’s opinions and evaluations. When you complete the things you choose and are responsible , we truly become adults.


2. There are many nosy people in the world, and there will always be people who give you a bunch of advice in the name of "caring", thinking that you can't take care of it or don't like it. At this time, you can thank the other party for their kindness, but just look back and think about yourself If you continue to make yourself happy with what you are doing, you will know whether you should continue. For some people who care about you, their worries are over the moment they speak out, and you have to bear and be responsible for the final good or bad.


3. No matter how interested and eager you are, you must maintain a steady pace, continue to move forward slowly, and do not strive for perfection, but for a long time. Success is reserved for those who persevere until the end !



Highlights


Here I would like to share a sentence that I found very useful when I was reading the book "Atomic Time":


๐Ÿ“Œ
Evening is not a time for "existing for tomorrow", but a time for "today's self".

๐Ÿ“ŒFocus
on each moment, find out the time fragments that are as fine as atoms, and then connect each moment in series to extend the available time.

๐Ÿ“Œ
Fear grows with time but fades with action.

๐Ÿ“ŒThe
biggest enemy of time management is not rest, but the inability to rest well or work well!

๐Ÿ“ŒOnly by
doing small things well can we do great things well, please don't forget this truth.

๐Ÿ“ŒEven

if it is a trivial matter in the eyes of others, as long as you continue to do it, you will eventually accumulate achievements that everyone admires; or at least, it can also become the energy that makes your life more satisfying.

๐Ÿ“Œ
Practice is not by willpower, but by habit.







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