Nearly two weeks ago I set myself a deadline to have my latest site done by the end of October. Well… that’s today and I have failed miserably in my task. But setting the deadline was good for me because I worked my arse off. I think I underestimated how much I actually have to do because I’ve barely stopped working since then. My new deadline is Monday and it’s coming out, ready or not. I might not unleash the fury across the internet but I’ll post the link here to hopefully get some feedback from you guys.
Putting so much work in lately has got me thinking about how many hours I’m committing to this and I thought it might be interesting to attempt to get a figure for many hours of work I’ve actually put in. Because I’m working on a site that hasn’t been launched, none of the work I’ve done has directly affected my earnings but I’m still curious to work out a very rough hourly rate.
So I’ve tried to look back through the month and remember how I’ve spent my time. I spent 10 days up in Glasgow where I know I only worked about 5 hours during the entire time. I had one massive weekend when the rugby final was on and that was a write off and my other weekends were all spent working pretty hard, usually much longer than 8 hours a day. After I get home from work I go to the gym, eat dinner, watch some crappy TV (Hollyoaks!) and then do at least 2 solid hours of work unless I’m lured out to the pub after work or have something else on.
So all up my guess for number of hours worked in October is 73. That’s with 5 hours while I was on holiday, two hard working weekends of 20 hours each (sad but true), one weekend where my liver wanted to revolt and my brain didn’t want to work, and 14 weeknights where I did around 2 hours of work each. I usually work more than 2 hours a night so this is a pretty low estimate but it’s a good start.
I’ve conveniently forgotten about the thousands of hours I’ve put in over the past several years but there’s not way I’d be able to figure that out so I might as well make fresh start. I’m going to start a little spreadsheet next month to keep track of the hours I work in November to get a more accurate picture. I’m pretty curious about it myself!
Oh ya, happy Halloween! I can’t believe I’ve become one of those misers who turn all the lights off and try to hide from the kiddies… I am so ashamed.
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