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While most productivity people out there recommend Sundays or Monday mornings… I’m a huge believer in planning on Fridays. There’s just something so awesome about walking into your weekend knowing you’re on top of everything on your plate, nothing fell through the cracks, and that you have a realistic game plan to get it all […]

“Draw boundaries.”⠀
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When we say we’re too busy at work, we hear that a lot. ⠀
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But how do you know WHEN to draw boundaries? How do you know when to decline more work? How do you know when to ask for an extension on an assignment?⠀

I have reminders to call friends in my calendar ⠀
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Before you mentally lay into me thinking that’s too weird, give me a chance to explain.⠀

Good news, team! To-do lists CAUSE a lot of your overwhelm. ⠀⠀
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Let me back up – Most of you know I’m not a big fan of to-do lists or keeping track of your to-dos in list-type apps, post-it notes, etc. ⠀⠀
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I’ve always thought they don’t really help you get stuff done. ⠀⠀
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They don’t tell you whether a task will take 2 minutes or 5 hours. They don’t tell you if you need to do them during business hours when offices are open. They don’t tell you if you should do something when your energy is good or can be done when you’re tired. ⠀⠀
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I just thought they weren’t all that helpful. ⠀⠀
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But after doing this now for 2+ years, here’s what I’ve discovered: ⠀⠀
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Not only do to-do lists not help you, they actually CAUSE a lot of your overwhelm. ⠀⠀

I love helping women build a system they can trust to manage allllll the tasks and get them done – and not get buried underneath them.

So, an email like the one I got from my incredible client Emily recently made my day/life…

Ever been in a work meeting listening to someone talk, think of something you want to say, and then struggle to keep listening while simultaneously remembering the point you want to make?⠀
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It’s hard! I basically can’t do it. Either I effectively stop listening or lose my thought entirely. ⠀

2.6 hours every day.⠀
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That’s how long the average American spends on email, according to McKinsey.⠀
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But very few of us account for that when planning our days.⠀
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Instead, many of us book ourselves up with meetings, calls and plans to grind through our to-do lists. ⠀
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But then the to-do list gets bumped by the emails zinging into our inbox, which seem urgent. ⠀
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So, we end our day having done a lot in terms of meetings, calls and emails – but not the real, focused work.⠀

And that real, focused work gets pushed into night and weekends.

No bueno.
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Here are some tips:⠀

So, color-coding your calendar is basically the same as using Outlook/Google Calendar sub-calendars, right?

While color-coding is a great first step, nope!

At first glance, calendars using them may look the same. Both show different parts of your calendar in different colors.

But sub-calendars take that visual clarity to a whole new level.⠀

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I love this distinction between color-coding and sub-calendars because it highlights a major goal of mine: my goal is NOT just to have you walk away with a pretty calendar. If so, let’s just color-code it and call it a day.

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