The theme lately has been towards getting you ready for the New Year. Today we will discuss your time, which probably also needs cleaning up!
Do you end many of your days wondering why you didn’t get anything done? Do you have all these great ideas, only to find you never take action on many of them? Do you feel you’re spinning your wheels and going nowhere? Then you need to sit down and read this blog!
Many of my new clients suffer from “Not enough time syndrome”. The first thing I do is have them print off a schedule I provide them with. You can find something similar. All you need is a form that has blocks of time open for every hour of the day, for a full week. Here is one as an example: http://www.newschool.edu/uploadedFiles/Jazz/Academics/blsched.pdf. Mine includes the entire week, and starts at 3am and goes until midnight, but you should get the point. If you would like a copy of what I give my clients, send an email to margie@meg-enterprises.com (copy and paste), and I’d be happy to send it to you.
Then follow this strategy:
- Shade out all of your personal time. This includes family, sleep, self-care, meals, commuting, etc.
- Shade out any work time, if you have a job. If you have clients, shade out the time you allow to see them.
- Shade out any other time that requires your attention on a regular basis. This might include meeting friends for lunch or meetings, etc.
- Look at what’s left over. This is the time you have to work ON your business! This is the time you have to create new programs, develop new services, and work on building your business.
For some people, yes, they have very little time. But not one person has NO time! Even 15 minutes a week is ‘time’! And if you know you have those 15 minutes, and that’s all, if you plan how you will use it, suddenly, you can find yourself moving forward!
Another popular strategy that people recommend is to keep a ‘time log’. This would be similar to a food log in order to find out what you eat. The problem many people have with this, though, is they often forget to LOG in it! And, trust me, trying to remember what you did at 10:30-10:45 this morning, when it’s 6pm is going to be impossible, unless you had an appointment or phone call.
Before you can move forward to create the business you imagine, you have to identify the time you have available, and then plan how best to take full advantage of it.
Now, take the time to make this happen!
Margie
Very enjoyed this! Well done!
Hmm… I read blogs on a similar topic, but i never visited your blog. I added it to favorites and i’ll be your constant reader.