Listen – restoring yourself is the most important to-do.
Do you really believe this?
And if you do, are you acting like it?
- What would change about your day if you truly set up your hours to prioritize restoring your own energy (between tasks, days, or parenting blocks) as *the* most important thing on your to-do list?
- Would you stop scheduling client sessions back to back, and instead build in 20 minutes in between to upload the Zoom recording, jot down your client notes, get a bathroom break, and make yourself a fresh cup of tea?
- Would you place a max of 3 podcast interviews per day on your scheduler, knowing that you need time before and after to decompress from holding other people’s energy?
- Would you treat work creative projects and home energy-suck errands with the same importance, and give yourself an hour between that crying-toddler-doctor’s-appointment and getting yourself head-down in work flow again?
What would be different?
Put another way, what do *you* need to be different? (Hint: look for everything that’s not working about your current daily or weekly schedule. It’s in there somewhere.)
What do you need changed in your daily schedule?
If you’re facing recurring margin issues around your day – whether that be “only if I’m recording podcast episodes” or “my kids always bug me when I’m doing reels before groceries,” see what needs changing about the amount of buffer time you’ve got in between.
- Sometimes just adding 7 minutes counts.
- Sometimes a 10-minute buffer makes all the difference.
- Sometimes, you’ve just got to *admit* that right now isn’t working, and you’ll see the solution.
But first you have to be ready to admit it, not keep on pushing.
Today, I want you to stop working with what you’ve got. Stop putting up with this “well, I’ve only got 5 minutes between drop-off and client calls, but it works – sort of” way of thinking.
No, it doesn’t. It’s never worked.
And *your* clients deserve the best website designer – the best service provider – the best nutrition coach – that you can show up as.
And that means *you* need to radically change something about your energy buffers before and after.
Even if that means you just need 3 extra minutes to go to the bathroom.
You’re worth it, right? So quit acting like you’re the meanest work-from-home boss ever and just *give yourself a break*.
Because you need to.
Because you deserve to.
Because this is how you’re going to function best. And not burn out.
What are you going to change about your margin time today?
