Dig into actionable, realistic time management strategies designed for the professional working woman that mold to you.

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.

Anyone else get kind of anxious when new year’s resolutions talk crops up? Probably because I learned at an early age that they don’t really stick, I feel a twinge of defeat whenever they’re discussed. Am I alone here??⠀

Recently, I had a great conversation with one of my favorite people. On our walk to get coffee, we talked about the difficulty of saying “no” or “later” to a new project.

We both like to say something like, “given everything on my plate right now, I can turn to this on X date” — and either hope they’re good with the later date or, in some cases, turn to someone else.

But here’s the problem: Due to people-pleasing guilt, we often throw out a date that will only work if we work nights/weekends on our current projects to make ourselves available. Time we’re sacrificing from our people we want to spend time with.

Whether you’re an attorney managing a partner or client’s expectations or an entrepreneur managing those of a client or collaborator, you know what I’m talking about.