Introduce some variation in your schedule
You’ve heard of Google and their 20% time? It’s where every engineer is allowed to spend a fifth of their time on non core projects. So basically something the employee can get extra excited about! And it seems to work for Google. But this idea isn’t new. As far back in the mists of time as I would care to go, maybe 6000 years, the idea of a seventh day was introduced as a day of downing the tools. A time of reflection and recharging the batteries. And most people would accept this principle is a healthy thing to observe.
Down-time means more up-time
What we can learn in a CAD context is that it’s no good doing just fee earning work on and on, day after day. We get bogged down and lose sight of our goals. Our quality and work speed suffers. But also we end up using the same bad working practices because we don’t take the time to change them. Doing something else to break up the day leaves us more focused and even energised to carry on.
You may feel happier and more productive
So should we all have a midday siesta? Maybe so! But I don’t think your boss would react too kindly to hearing you snoring. One of the best things to do is set aside a block of time (straight after lunch is best for me) just to do value added tasks, such as admin, reading technical papers, research and development and streamlining your CAD processes. Not only will you carry out your fee earning work more productively, you will most likely feel happier doing it.
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