Have you ever heard the saying "Kill 2 birds with one stone"? A somewhat violent way of putting things in todays society. But thats exactly what Im doing today. Heres how..

I try to update my blog as fairly often as I may, every 2 days in most cases. Today is the day Ive marked off on my calendar to update it. Do you utilize a calendar to plan your schedule? Its a grand way to keep on top of things. Usually when I write and article or blog entry its on my computer. Today is a bit different though, its back to pen and paper. Im a huge soccer fan and today (as I write this) theres a semi final Champions League game live on TV. Any soccer fans will agree that a semi final CL game is not only very exciting it also produces some real drama. The two teams meeting today are PSV and AC Milan, two of the biggest club teams from Holland and Italy respectively.

Instead of missing the game to work on this article, I simply made a small change that is allowing me to watch the game live on TV (I hate watching taped sports, since I always find out the score before I get a chance to hit the play button on the vcr) and write a draft of the article. All I did was replace the keyboard for a note pad and pen. I guess you can say that I am killing 2 birds with one stone.

A small change in my routine and I am working and enjoying a dazzling game of soccer at the identical time.

Heres another way I do 2 things at the identical measure , that saves me a considerable amount of instant..

Two of the most measure consuming things I do is package orders for shipping, since I have to go through the orders, package them. Address them and complete the necessary shipping documents (especially if its an overseas delivery - custom forms). And the second being, burning the audio CDs that are part of the training code that we market. Each package contains 3 cds and I do between 5-10 packages at a measure . Not only is this measure consuming, it slows down my computer considerably. To the point where its almost impossible to do anything else.
To save time, I try to burn the cds while I package orders to be shipped. This way I get work done while my computer is occupied.

Cds get burnt and my packages are readied for shipping.

Can you think of things you might do at the identical measure that may save you instant? Im sure you may find at least 2 things that you may do together to save you some measure .

The game ended with AC Milan winning, but full credit to PSV for the determination they showed though they had to play in front of over 65,000 hostile Milan fans, and being under constant Milan pressure in the first half. On this day through they lost, through the determination they showed Im sure theyve won over several new fans.

All the best.

Chris