Why it became evening work
Admin has no deadline that goes off today — so during the day it always loses to customers and jobs. It structurally slips to the only moment without competition: the evening. So the problem isn't discipline, it's priority. Good intentions won't fix that.
Step one: shrink the flow
Most evening work is responding and processing: email, quotes, invoices. Let a system pre-sort and prepare drafts, and only a fraction is left that truly needs your judgment.
Step two: one fixed quarter-hour
Replace 'an hour every evening' with one fixed review moment a day: approve drafts, handle exceptions. A quarter-hour with coffee instead of an evening of reluctance — that's the difference between a process and a fight.
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