How To Create Another Day A Week Just For Madden

When you start getting serious at playing madden competitively it seems that there is never enough time. You get phone calls that need to be picked up; the service guy for the dishwasher shows up; you must read that important mail. Schoolwork or your job gets in the way. It is not uncommon for an entire day to go by only to find out you didn’t complete any of the tasks you wanted to do for the day.


The Magic Button...

What if I told you there was a magic button you can press which will freeze time for you? Every surrounding noise will stop: no calls, no incoming urgent mails, no dishes to wash or laundry to do. It will be just you and the console. Everyone else will be frozen in time, allowing you to focus on your madden game. If you need something from someone, you just call their name and they will wake up for the exact amount of time you need them for an answer. I will grant you one magic button press a week.


Imagine a whole another day just for you and your madden game each week. How would you use it? Would you outline your next offensive scheme? Finally finish that long scheme that’s waiting in the queue? Brainstorm a your next hot defense? How would you make this time useful?


Finding the extra day

Of course there is no such thing as a magic button, but getting a day a week for your important work is actually not that hard.
All you have to do is spot the time of day when you are most prolific and productive. For some it is the afternoon, for some it is early morning. For me, it is the late night.


Now decide that you are going to dedicate this time to madden. Think of it as a one-hour meeting with yourself. Actually, don’t just decide it, put it into your calendar or your cell phone. With a reminder. For every day of the week.
This will gain you six hours of uninterrupted work. During that time, don’t answer phones (disconnect or turn them off, if you need to), don’t surf the madden forums, and dedicate yourself to the game.

Since this is your best time of day and since you will be uninterrupted, your potential for using this hour for something productive is very high.
But it takes commitment. It means that you must use the time for work. And it means that you cannot set this appointment aside. 


You must stick with it every day. After a while, you’re likely to find that you need to expand that meeting. Go ahead and do that. And after a longer while, you may find that you don’t need this meeting at all.
Now, this is up to you. I’m offering the button only for the next ten minutes. Use those ten minutes to schedule your daily appointment.