Manage the Busy: Productivity Tips for Moms and Wellness Coaches

Manage the Busy: Productivity Tips for Moms and Wellness Coaches

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Michele Duwe from Miss Task | Manage the Busy: Productivity Tips for Moms and Wellness Coaches

As a health and wellness coach, you're no stranger to the constant juggling of family, endless to-do lists, and running your own business. It's easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of busyness, feeling like you're always running a million miles per hour. When a friend asks what you've been up to, you might automatically reply, “Oh, you know, just busy with family and growing my coaching practice. Everything's going great, but it's pretty crazy!” Sound familiar?

But is this automatic response merely a mask to cover up the chaos we feel swirling around inside? 

You are devoted to your family and your growing coaching practice, and managing the ever-present busyness can sometimes feel like an uphill battle.  

So, how do you differentiate between genuinely productive work and mere busy work? How do you ensure you invest your precious time in areas that truly enrich your life and business? How do you manage the busy in your life when it begins to feel out of control?

Choosing Calm and Ease

Why do we answer with busy? Is it for the connection?  Do we not want to burden them with everything going on in our heads? I don’t know about you, but we're all busy and running around crazy. I mean, that's a really easy way to describe our lives, right? 

Whenever I feel overwhelmed, I head to my journal to read past entries. Success leaves clues, and history always seems to repeat itself. 

I will share this entry with you from a time when I chose to feel calm and at ease no matter the circumstance.

Journal Entry June 2, 2022: 

While we all have a lot going on, I don't really feel busy. In fact, this year, I consciously chose to embrace the feeling of calm and ease. 

Does calm and ease come easily all the time? No. I’ve learned that I’m the only one who can control my reactions, so I’m proactively choosing calm and ease. 

Even last Sunday, when our golden doodle, boy, she can be so naughty, jumped on top of the counter at 8 PM and ate my whole loaf of gluten-free cooling banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts. I'll tell you what: I was pretty disappointed that she did that. So instead of taking my nice hot, relaxing shower before bed, nope, not this girl. I was listening to my vet. Explain to me how to induce vomiting. Thank God for Dr. Jerry.

That was a perfect opportunity to let the crazy in, but I didn't. Nope, I didn't. Instead, I embraced calm and ease. Did it take everything in me to keep it together? Yes, yes, it did. It took every fiber of my being to embrace calm and ease and not want to go off the deep end feeling overwhelmed, but I did it anyway. 

I don’t know about you but after reading this journal entry, it may be time to chose calm and ease to manage the busyness.

What drives you crazy? 

So how exactly do you manage those feelings of being busy and overwhelmed when they keep popping up in your life? In spite of situations, you can't handle and are out of your control? 

Here are two ways that I've created in my life to be able to help manage the busyness. First, make sure you have a great routine for scheduling your week and being okay that you'll have to let some things go. Of course, this will feel difficult, however, for right now you know that something has to give. Learn to accept not everything ought to be done by you. Basically, know that sometimes your schedule will get off and you'll have unexpected things come up that you didn't have planned or scheduled. 

Oh trust me, I have done so much thought work on this. In this situation, nothing would throw me off my game more than if my schedule or the outline of my day would get off in any way, shape, or form.  It drove me crazy. When the crazy happens embracing calm and ease, will not throw me off my game nearly as much.

Plan Your Week To Manage The Busy

You may be wondering, how to create a great routine for scheduling your week. The trick is to pick a day that actually works the best for you to plan out your week. You may do this Monday first thing, Friday afternoon, or over the weekend. Despite what you think, planning doesn't have to be a long-drawn-out process. Actually, I encourage you to set a time limit on how long you're gonna spend planning out your week, may I suggest up to one hour.

Basically, you can simply sit down and map it out ahead of time. When you decide ahead of time what you’ll do this is huge for not feeling so busy because you can see what you have going on and laid out ahead of time. Make sure to find a day that works the best for you, and map it out.

Michele Duwe from Miss Task | Manage the Busy: Productivity Tips for Moms and Wellness Coaches

Points are often overlooked when you're mapping out your week. Block time to get out the door. Or maybe it's just me, that needs 10 minutes before I plan to walk out the door.

It seems I find a number of last-minute items that somehow seem important to me, during those precious moments. Instead of getting out the door, again maybe it's just me, but for some reason, I notice that the water dish is empty for the dogs or, oh, did I feed them today? Of course, look there's clothes in the washing machine that need to go on the dryer.

Hey. Maybe that's just me? Those last minutes are when I seem to find all those little things that add up.

Therefore, I always buffer in 10 minutes for, and it's specifically in my calendar, time to get out the door because I know me and for some reason, I need that time. Also, make sure you include your time to truly get ready. Not your PR of the fastest time ever that you’ve gotten ready, plan for the amount of time it will realistically take.

Be sure to work backward from your appointments so that you make sure you have adequate time in your calendar to plan for getting yourself to your appointment on time.

 

Big Rocks

Another big rock to plan in your calendar, big rocks are the big, important things that you wanna make sure happen during your week. A few examples may be to make sure you have time set aside for yourself. Time for whatever it is that helps fill you up leaving you a little bit calmer and at ease in your life. This may be meditation, prayer, journaling, exercise, or whatever it is that you need to do to make yourself feel calm and at ease.

Without a doubt, those big rocks you put in your calendar are all important things that cannot be overlooked or missed to make sure that you have time set aside for things that allow you to manage the busyness.

 

Letting Go to Manage The Busyness

Secondly, is by letting go of some things. Oh, it's okay. You can do it. It's really not that big of a deal. You know in your heart there are things in your life right now that are no longer serving you, but you've kept doing them and doing 'em because you've always done it.

It's okay. It's okay to let them go. I'm giving you permission right now to let those go. Please check in with yourself, check in with how you're feeling is this really something that you wanna do? What if, you reserve your valuable time for things that bring calm and ease to your life?

Certainly, let go of the things that are no longer serving you at this time in your life. This is where I personally need to check in with my feelings of calm and ease.

After all by embracing calm and ease, and I'm learning to accept that I can not load extras into my calendar, activities I know are really gonna be pushing my schedule. Going out for dinner to often or trying to put too many things in one day.  I know now that I'm the type of a person if I have more than one, two max big activities I'm gonna be drained completely.

Plus he can have people come over to the house. I'm not that girl. I'm the girl that needs to limit the number of activities that she does in order to feel calm, at ease, and manage her busy feelings.

When I load all of those extra things into my schedule, well, you guessed it. I'm not gonna feel very calm. I'm gonna feel busy.

I want to be able to manage the busy feeling and embrace, calm and ease. There, I am aware by taking a step back and reviewing all the items on my calendar for the week.

That way I know if someone asked for me to do something during the week, I can go ahead and look at what I have planned out in my paper planner or on my calendar and know, Hey yeah, this, this is not gonna work.

It's gonna be opening that door back up to the feeling that I'm frantic and busy and trying to get everywhere.

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This is how I know when I’m scheduling too much

How do you know when you’re scheduling too much? Do you have a trigger that alerts you?

How do I know? When my day is getting to feel frantic and busy because I start to dream at night that I'm trying to get places. Here is what happens in my dreams, I need to get someplace and I can't get out the door to go. The reason is that I have all these things that I'm trying to gather and put into either a suitcase,  a basket or a bag. I’m struggling to get everything gathered up because things are everywhere and I'm frantically trying to organize and pick them up so that we can get out the door on time. 

This dream is my trigger, once it begins I know that I'm doing or trying to do too many things. It a signal that I need to take a hard look at my schedule and figure out what need to go. If letting things go is hard for you right now, I'm giving you permission to let it go.

Throw it over

Despite what you think, you do not have to do everything. You only need to do the things that keep the ship afloat. Everything else may be thrown overboard. 

If you're getting asked to be the next person to run a committee, are you the best person to be running that committee? Maybe the answer is yes. At least consider what you’ll have to say no to if you say yes to a new committee. Regardless, you need to make a conscious decision if that time commitment will allow you to manage the busyness or instead of fulfilled it will leave you exhausted and busy. Should that be the case, say no. Add the committee to your Someday/Maybe list, once your calendar frees up a bit then at that time you may consider joining another board. Even though you’re making a conscious decision to say no right now. In the future, it could be a yes. 

 For me personally, I had to set the limit of only one board at a time.

Okay,  I lie. I'm lying to you right now. I didn't set the limit. My husband told me I'm only allowed to be on one board at a time because I tend to take on too much if I'm on more than one board at a time. He is 100% correct. Since this rule was established, I’ve also set my priorities to create a decision matrix. 

Know your time bank

Given these points, begin to know and understand your time bank. What is your time bank? Let’s figure it out. The simplest way to figure it out is how much time you spend sleeping. Take that number and subtract it from 24 hours. That's your time bank.

Should you sleep eight hours, that leaves you with 16 hours to manage the busy. 

What you decide to do with your 16 hours every day is up to you. How many hours do you have to get to do everything that you want to get done? 

You may try to justify this, but I did. 

Okay. One other point regarding busyness: It is really only a thought. I know, right? Plenty of clients have tried to tell me differently, and heck, I even tried to justify to my own personal coach when she pointed out that I was merely having thoughts that I'm busy.

Yeah, in the end, it is our thoughts. 

You guessed it your thoughts create the feelings that cause the actions that give you your results. You get to choose the thought of being busy. Yep, I know. Try that on for size and see how it feels. Heck, you may want to jump on my bandwagon and choose the thought of calm and ease. Once you look for all the ways your life feels calm and at ease. You’ll see how everything will begin to change in your life by simply choosing that one different thought. 

Thank you, friends, so much for reading. If you're ready to have somebody in your corner, helping you choose calm and ease, I'm a little bit down the path. I'm happy to help you. Together, in six months, we can work on calm and ease in your life. The link to my private coaching is below. I appreciate you. Have a wonderful week, and I'll see you back here next week.

Balancing Work-Life

Balancing Work-Life

by | Online Business

Michele Duwe from Miss Task | Embracing Realistic Work-Life Balance: A Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs

I don’t know about you, but I started my online business to have the freedom to be present for my family. However, after years of a corporate hustle mentality, I returned to the unbalance of always working. I had to challenge my mindset and find ways to prioritize the day-to-day with my family while still growing my business. To do this, I had to create a routine and set my own personal boundaries that allowed me to embrace a more realistic work-life balance.

How Are You Out of Balance?

I’m curious: how do you feel out of balance? Because here is the thing: I’ve worked with my fair share of Mama entrepreneurs starting out; they tend to fall into one of two buckets on the work-life balance scale. 

Are you out of balance because you’re consumed with your business? I’m guessing you already know the bucket that I fell into when I began my business. 

I found myself creeping into my office at any free moment. This was for two reasons: I was excited about my business and still believed that I must hustle harder to be successful. My work-life balance was way out of whack. Are you in the hustle harder bucket?

Perhaps it is the other bucket, Mama your seated on the struggle bus. You still have the same love and passion for your business, but you struggle with time management and keeping yourself accountable when there is no set workday.

Now that we know the two buckets, here are ideas for setting yourself up for success as you pivot into being a work-from-home entrepreneur.

Hustle Harder Entrepreneurs

Let’s look at the conscious changes to not fall into the trap of hustling harder.

Now, this is important: what is your why? Why do you want to be present for your family and be an entrepreneur? I’m guessing that you have lofty business goals, and nothing is standing in your way. I get it; define why you desire to be a work-from-home business owner. Even though you think your why is your big goal, I think you’ll agree when I say it will be freedom to be present for your family.

Another critical point is to sit down and map out your dream week. Using your why and business goals, map out the perfect dream week. Plan this out from when you wake up to when you go to bed. What will you be doing when you are working, and what will you be doing when you’re with your family? Remember, as a work-from-home entrepreneur, you have the freedom to be present for your family throughout the day.

Here is a link to my blog post on Dream Week. https://misstask.com/need-clarity-in-your-online-business/

Struggle Bus Entrepreneur

You may be on the struggle bus with time management and keeping yourself accountable when there is no set workday.

All of a sudden, you have all this freedom! It is glorious; all the things you’ve wanted to do are now yelling at you, “Get me done!”.

Now, this is important: what are your intentions? After all, intentions are the cornerstone of your life. What intentions do you want in life and as a work-from-home entrepreneur? Besides the freedom to be present for your family, what do you want to happen for you? If you don’t know, get out your journal and ask yourself, what are my intentions? Journal until you have your answers for your work-from-home business and your life.

Besides making time to tackle all those home projects yelling at you, be clear with yourself when you are in work and home mode.

This is done by figuring out your time bank and your time blocks. Here is a link to a previous post on time blocking that will be helpful. https://misstask.com/get-more-done-with-time-blocking/

Michele Duwe from Miss Task | Embracing Realistic Work-Life Balance: A Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs

Setting Boundaries With Your Family

Additionally, another challenge will be setting boundaries with your family. This is new to them; they will also need to shift their thinking about having you at home all the time.

How do I know? This scenario is a common one that I’ve worked through with more than one coaching client when they are struggling with work-life balance.

You see when transitioning from a traditional 9-5 to a work-from-home entrepreneur, it is essential to take the time to set boundaries with your family. As I mentioned, this is new for them, too. 

Step back and look at it from their point of view. When Mom was home in the past, she wasn’t figuring out the balance between running a business and taking care of her family. Her focus was purely on caring for her home and family.

All of a sudden, that’s no longer the case. Aside from setting your own boundaries, it will also mean talking to your family about the fact that you're not at home when you're in the office. Trust me, you will not have a successful work-from-home business if you say yes to dropping your work to running errands for your family.

Given these points, ensure you’re honoring your commitments to your growing business and your family.

 

Work-Life Balance As An Entrepreneur

Finding a work-life balance is crucial to avoid burnout and maintain productivity. Here are some strategies I've found effective and recommend to my clients:

Establish Routines

1. Create a morning routine for yourself: Start your day with a purposeful morning routine that sets the tone for productivity and positivity. This may include activities like exercise, meditation, journaling, or reviewing your goals for the day. The trick is to find what works for you. Experiment to find a routine that energizes and focuses you for the day ahead.

2. Develop a morning routine for your children: Establish a consistent morning routine to help them start the day on the right foot. This may involve age-appropriate tasks like making their bed, brushing their teeth, or helping with breakfast preparation. A structured routine will help calm the chaos and stress in the morning.

3. Implement an “end of the office” routine: Wind down your day with an end-of-the-business-day routine that helps you transition from work mode to relaxation. This may include reviewing accomplishments, planning the next day, reading, or engaging in a calming hobby. An evening routine will help you mentally disconnect from work and allow you to focus on your family. 

4. Utilize the Pomodoro Technique: This time management method involves working in 25-minute focused intervals, followed by a 5-minute break. Using this method is a beautiful way to tackle your home to-do list. During these breaks, take on folding laundry, tidying up, or cleaning the kitchen. You’ll be amazed at how much you can get done in 5 minutes. Honestly, this approach allows you to feel the freedom of running a business and family. It’s the best of both worlds: focus on your business while accomplishing household responsibilities. It feels so magical to get so much done. One quick note on this the standard 25-minute interval may not work for you. Experiment with longer focused intervals if you feel like you just hit your groove when the timer goes off. Utilize an app like Flow for Mac to keep you on track.

5. Set yourself up for success the night before: What are your morning pain points? What repeat patterns show up day after day, causing unnecessary stress? Do you battle with what to wear for yourself or your kids? By planning your outfits the night before, you can avoid decision fatigue in the morning. As a result, you'll give your children the chance to choose outfits themselves. Now, it is important to prepare the kitchen for breakfast by setting out bowls and spoons and possibly a batch of overnight oats for a healthy start to everyone's day. 

6. Teach your children the importance of organization: Do you find it difficult to get them out the door on time? If so, ensure your evening routine includes everything to get your kids out the door. I’ve set an example for my kids from a young age: put your stuff away so that you do not need to look for it, especially in the morning.

Yes, I know this may sound harsh to a few of you, but it was a rare occasion for me to help them find a missing item. If the item were not found by the time we had to leave, they would go without it. I won’t lie; it destroyed me inside to listen to them cry on the way to school. I’d reassure them it would be okay, and once we returned home, I’d help them with the hunt first thing when we walked in the door. By gathering everything the evening before, our stress-free morning was the norm. 

Look for routines to set up to make your life go smoother. You can create new habits and routines as you transition from working outside the home to owning a work-from-home business.

Prioritize Self-Care

1. Schedule time for yourself: As a busy business owner, it's essential to prioritize self-care. Block out time in your calendar for activities that recharge you, such as exercise, meditation, or pursuing a hobby. Treating this time as non-negotiable will help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.

2. Set boundaries: Communicate your work hours and expectations clearly to your family and clients. Establish designated work times and create a dedicated workspace to help you mentally separate work and family life.

3. Practice mindfulness: Incorporate mindfulness techniques into your daily routine to reduce stress and improve focus. This can include gratitude journaling, short meditation or deep breathing exercises such as box breathing (inhale for a four count, hold for four count, exhale for four count and hold again for a four count, repeat).

Embrace Flexibility

1. Be open to adjusting your routine: As a work-from-home entrepreneur, your schedule may need to adjust to your family's needs. Be willing to experiment with different routines and find what works best for you and your household.

2. Leverage your content creation skills: As a content creator, you have the ability to work ahead and batch your content. Take advantage of productive periods to create content in advance, giving you more flexibility when unexpected family needs arise.

3. Outsource when necessary: Don't hesitate to seek help when you need it. Consider outsourcing tasks like cleaning, meal preparation, or even certain aspects of your business to free up more time for family and self-care. Don’t forget those tasks can be outsourced to your children. Recently, I had a conversation about how laundry was outsourced to my children when my oldest was ten. The benefit followed them to college as they were the college  freshmen who taught roommates how to do laundry for themselves.

Michele Duwe from Miss Task | Embracing Realistic Work-Life Balance: A Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs

It’s Time To Wrap This Up

I’ve been in your exact same shoes, I understand the unique challenges that come with being a work-from-home entrepreneur, content creator, and Mom. Balancing your business, content creation, and family life can be overwhelming, but with the right strategies and support, you can achieve your goals and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

If you're ready to take your business to the next level while creating more time for the things that matter most, I invite you to work with me. Together, we'll develop personalized routines, implement effective time management techniques, and create a roadmap for your success. You'll learn how to repurpose your content effectively, streamline your processes, and build a thriving business that allows you to be present for your family.

Don't let the challenges of being an entrepreneur hold you back from reaching your full potential. Apply to work with me today, and let's start building the life and business you've always dreamed of. With my guidance and support, you'll gain the clarity, confidence, and tools you need to excel as a health and wellness coach, content creator, and mom. Take the first step towards a more balanced, fulfilling life – I'm here to help you every step of the way.

Get More Done With Time Blocking

Get More Done With Time Blocking

by | Planning-Organization-Productivity

Michele Duwe from Miss Task | Get More Done With Time Blocking

Now, I know what you're thinking. Will time blocking help me get more done? Yes, it will!

As online entrepreneurs, you're trying to conquer so many things, and instead of feeling accomplished, you feel unproductive, stuck, and frustrated. At the end of most days, it seems as if the day ran away with a lack of focus, leaving you feeling overwhelmed.

Are you tired of feeling this way and ready to be clear about your day and what needs to be done to move your business forward?

First, jumping around from project to project isn't the secret sauce to success. It all boils down to getting laser-focused and completing essential tasks.

You must be wondering how this happens. 

The solution is simple: it's with time blocking your day. Time blocking breaks your day into an achievable structure. What would it feel like to look back at your day and feel productive and efficient? You'd feel like you won the day, just saying.

No worries, friend, if you're not a planner. It's a life skill you can improve, I pinky swear. I'm guessing you're ready to let go of running your business like a disorganized, headless chicken.

Here’s how you’ll time block:

Power Hours

When are you in your power hours? Do you know the time of day when your productivity superpower comes out? You're about to find out this is different for everyone.

If you're not sure, start paying attention and simply jot down the time of day that you easily and effortlessly completed your work. This would indicate that you're in the power hours of productivity.

Let's make this your first official time block. During this time, use it for a creative project or a project you've been procrastinating on. For me, this is not the first hour of my day. I need a slow start in the first hour of my day. Otherwise, I'll find myself sitting and staring at my computer screen.

Here is an excellent post about Eating Frogs! https://misstask.com/eat-your-frogs/

What are Things to Time Block? 

Let me break it down for you; you can time block hours or choose to have theme days.

But what does that mean? It's simple. You may want to select the days and times for your coaching calls and meetings with your team. You can also designate content creation days.

Perhaps you like to have variety in your day, so you sprinkle in a little bit of everything with themed time blocks. With theme days, you'd pick one primary day for all your meetings and coaching and a secondary day for any overflow meetings or coaching sessions.

In a similar fashion, if you conduct discovery calls in your online business, it would be nice to have a specific day for these calls. Could they possibly be on your overflow meeting day?

Now, this is important: your most productive day of the week should be for creative work only. Here's what I mean: no meetings or anything else that will drain your energy. I love the trend that corporate America is following with designated no-meeting days.

Let me clarify: You may want to divide your days into halves. The trick is to work with your personal power hours. If you find that you're very productive in the afternoons, you could schedule meetings in the mornings and plan your creative work in the afternoons.

During your creative block, you will record your podcast, write your blog, and create your course outline. Here's the big secret: time blocking goes hand in hand with batch creation. When you batch similar work, it will get you into the flow and keep you in the state of flow versus bouncing from one thing to another without completing it from start to finish.

This can be done in many different ways; finding when you feel like a productivity rock star is essential. When I ask a new client about time blocking or batch work, they usually don't do it very well.

Start Small 

You must wonder how to start when this whole time blocking and batching is new to you. 

Start small.

The answer? Begin with 45 minutes of dedicated time scheduled 2-3 times a week and see how it goes. What is something you're getting behind on that you find you're doing at the last minute EVERY SINGLE WEEK?

Michele Duwe from Miss Task | Get More Done With Time Blocking

Do A Time Audit to Figure Out Your Time Blocks

Another great way to figure out time blocking is to do a time audit for one week. I understand even the thought of time tracking feels like a burden; I say this with love, suck it up, buttercup, it's only for a week.

Most people don't realize how much time they spend on tasks or how easily they are distracted and waste time. 

Here's how it works: time tracking can be done on paper by jotting down the time along with what you're working on or by using time tracking software to track everything. 

If you'd like to try tracking software, I suggest Toggl Track, a great tool offering a free task-tracking plan. https://toggl.com/track/

 

My Own Example From the Past 

When client work began to fill my days, the creative work for my business went out the window. I was an inconsistent content creator.

Blah, all that time I'd spent building up an audience—well, y'all, that doesn't stay without being nurtured. Unfortunately, this was a business lesson I had to learn for myself.

Then it finally dawned on me that my power hours are in the morning, and my brain is done by 2 or 3 p.m. every day. Now, the first two hours of my workday are dedicated to creating content or the top priorities for my business—also known as the things I'll procrastinate on until the last minute.

Fortunately, there's a simple solution: I work in sprints of time; I set the timer for 50 minutes and pour out all the words. I take a quick break and complete another sprint. And during that time, some days I'll have it all done, others the struggle is real, and I start over a bazillion times.

When planning my day, I know client work does not begin until 9 am. Blocking this time and setting the boundary have also taught me not to say yes to all the things and projects. 

With my people-pleasing, helpful personality, I must not overbook myself. Which was also another business lesson I had to learn for myself. If this is you, be sure to read “Yes to Everything” mindset. https://misstask.com/mindful-yes/

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My Time Blocks are Simple 

You must be wondering how I schedule my day. I have a morning routine that was significantly simplified. 

I don't know about you, but when I started my business, I heard people talk about 2-3 hour morning routines. What I found was that an extensive morning routine simply stressed me out. 

For quite a while now, the first hours have been spent with Bible reading, meditation, journaling, and the daily Wordle, and then I go into the office for my priority work block.

Once I'm at my desk, every weekday is content-focused while I enjoy several cups of coffee. A bulk of my day is reserved for my done-for-you content repurposing clients, and coaching clients are in the afternoons or every other Friday.

Stay with me now; 98% of the time, the block is consistently scheduled at the same time every day. Keeping the schedule consistent has the added bonus of reducing the decisions I must make about what I'm working on.

Flexible Friday! This day is a wildcard for me. I may have coaching calls, podcast interviews, or a travel day. Fridays are the days that I enjoy the freedom that comes with entrepreneurship.

This is a typical Monday – Thursday Schedule
5:30-6:30: Morning Routine
6:30-8: Power Block: Top Priorities for the day
8-9: Eat, Get Ready, Walk With The Dogs 
9-10: Client Block 
10-11: Client Block
11-12: Client Block
12-1: Client Block
1-2: Client Block
2-3: Client Block
3-4:30: Walk With The Dogs, Strength Training
4:30-5:30: Wrap Up Work Day, Look Ahead to Tomorrow and Finish Anything Undone

Will this schedule stay the same for years to come? Nope, but it is what works right now in this season of my life.

Michele Duwe from Miss Task | Get More Done With Time Blocking

It Is Time To Wrap This Up!

If you're ready to stop feeling overwhelmed and start making tangible progress in your business, now is the time to take action. With the power of time blocking and focused productivity strategies, you can transform your daily routine and achieve more than you ever thought possible. Don't let another day slip by feeling unproductive and frustrated.

By identifying your power hours, creating a structured schedule, and focusing on essential tasks, you can break free from the overwhelming cycle of unproductivity and take control of your business. Remember, it's okay to start small and make adjustments as you go. Embrace the journey of self-discovery and be patient with yourself as you develop these new habits. With consistency and dedication, you'll soon find yourself accomplishing more than you ever thought possible, all while enjoying the freedom and satisfaction that comes with a thriving online business. Once you take that first step with time blocking, you will be amazed at how much more productive you become.