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Hi lady-on-the-go,

A couple of days ago, while driving down the highway, I remembered I needed to call the vet in the morning (Olive’s on the mend now – don’t worry!). Obviously, in that moment, I couldn’t break out my Google Calendar app to calendar that call. But I also knew I’d forget to call if I didn’t put that task in a system right away.

So, I held down the button on my steering wheel that activates Siri and said, “Remind me tomorrow at 8:30am to call the vet about Olive’s paw.” Done. And, at 8:30am the next morning, I got the reminder, called the vet, got my pup in for a 10:30am appointment, and by 11:30am she was home and on the way to recovery.

Why am I sharing this? Because sometimes the things we need to remember to do flash through our minds when we’re driving, out with friends, or have our hands full of a project or child at home.

Now, you may be thinking, “Kelly. You talk time management. Not relationships. Stay in your lane.”

Yes and no. Here’s the thing: the only reason I care about time management is the impact it has on your life and happiness. I don’t want you to be productive for the sake of being more productive or so you can squeeze in even more work.

I want to help you manage your time so you can devote more of it to what’s important to you, which is often your relationships and, more specifically, the one you have with your partner.

So, how can I help make that relationship all the more awesome?

I once worked with a man who we’ll call Joe.

Before we met, during our pre-session phone calls, I could feel Joe’s anxiety about our work. In short: “What exactly are we going to do? I’ve tried getting organized digitally before, and here I still am. Is it even possible for me to feel in control of my time?”

Even I started getting a little nervous. If Joe had tried tons of methods before, would my system work? Was it possible for Joe?

At the start of our session, I was still a little nervous but just decided to focus on taking one step of my methodology at a time.

30 minutes later, I relaxed. I could see the lightbulbs going off in his head. Joe said, “man, this stuff seems so basic, but I just didn’t know to do it.” Because of this simplicity, Joe said he truly thought he could keep the system up to help him make time for what was important to him.

So, here’s something I struggle to motivate and make time for – working out. While I’ve never loved working out, I used to be really good at it – four to five times a week, I’d get out of bed before dawn to take a 5:30 am gym class for 45-60 minutes and then march off to work.

But after my daughter was born and enough time went by that my body felt up for working out again (a lot longer than six weeks later, btw…), I still didn’t do it. Why? Because I couldn’t do it like I used to. Working out five days a week for 45 minutes would require me to give up too much of my precious, now-limited time. I wanted that time to work or recharge. So – I didn’t work out. At all.

Do you know what I mean? For you, it may not be working out – it could be a fun hobby you used to love but can’t devote the same amount of time to as you used to, so you just don’t do it at all.

While I live in California, my happy place is Colorado. If you also have a happy place in another state or travel for work, just a reminder that starting October 1 of this year, our normal driver’s licenses won’t cut it. You’ll need a federally-compliant card called a REAL ID (or your passport) to fly domestically.

Part of my goal when it comes to time management is to help you avoid those last-minute scrambles. To that end, I just want to make sure you’re aware of and acting to be ready for this big change.

It ain’t sexy. But it’s effective.⠀
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Want to make 2020 one for the books — hitting your business and personal goals out of the park?⠀
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It all comes back to the time you devote to them.⠀

It’s been a while since I shared a tech tip! So let’s kick off the new year with a fun one. ⠀

Surprise: I have a messy calendar! Before you start shouting, “explain yourself!” (I get it — we get heated about calendars around here ), I will.⠀

My lack of natural organization makes me pretty darn good at what I do now — helping you learn how to organize your time.