I keep meaning to get back here and write a post and then life seems to happen and it stops me from getting here …

Isn’t that the way if seems to go with everything though? The key is to not let it get in the way. YEAH RIGHT!!

I am a huge advocate of planning and scheduling, but what I struggle with is sticking to that schedule. See I set aside time each week for blogging, but for some reason blogging seems to get shuffled to the backburner, which is funny since it is the thing I love to do the most. I keep telling myself that having a schedule is the easy part … sticking to it – not so easy. So what am I going to do to make sure that this happens?

FIRST STEP – PRIORITIZE
My new schedule is going to work along with my priorities. First and foremost I need to schedule in the client time as this seems to be the thing that is pushing everything else aside. The next thing are those things that I need to do for my business such as blogging, marketing, etc.. Finally I will schedule in time for the fun things for business such as reading forums, learning a new skill, etc..

SECOND STEP – BE HONEST WITH MYSELF
I think my biggest problem is that I was trying to be wonder woman. I was giving myself too many things to do in a week and in a day. I needed to take some time and really look at a typical day for me. I know that dragging myself into the office before 9am isn’t probably likely with two young children that need to get ready for school. I also know that nights and weekends are hard too as the demands of my family are taking precedent over my business. So instead of scheduling in working time then, if I happen to find a few extra minutes I am going to call it a “bonus”!!

THIRD STEP – MAKE IT VISUAL TO REMIND MYSELF
My schedule used to be in my head … now I have written it out and color coded it on a nice excel spreadsheet. Finally I printed it out and put it on my bulletin board. It isn’t there to tell me what I can and can’t do and at what time, but more as a reminder of what I hope to accomplish in a day.

FOURTH STEP – DON’T FORGET ABOUT ME TIME
Finally and probably most importantly, I was forgetting about me. I was so busy worrying about my clients and my family that I forgot that it’s okay to take some time and watch my favourite TV show or take a walk with the neighbourhood girls!! Instead of feeling guilty for indulging in these pleasures, I was thinking that I was straying away from my schedule!!

So one of my priorities will be to indulge in my pleasure of blogging … by telling myself it’s okay to have this time to myself, I am hoping I will be “killing two birds with one stone” and also still helping others that struggle too with the wonderful world of entrepreneurship!!