Do you know when you’re most productive in the morning? And are you blocking out that time for yourself, or are you letting it get taken up with everyone *else’s* to-dos and chore lists for you?
Today’s rut-changing quote is from Allie Casazza, who says, “I respect myself enough to block out my mornings and shift my work schedule according to how I need it to be to make me at my optimal emotional health.”
AKA, you are NOT high maintenance. You are honoring yourself by doing this.
Here’s why it’s *essential* that you block out your most productive time of day to work on your top business tasks – at least, if you’re a work-at-home mom with kids around!
First, it maximizes your energy – ’cause we all know moms have a hundred different things going on, and if you’re a homeschooler, that’s even more so – so if you want to truly move the needle in your business, you’re going to need to give your best hours to it.
Not the “oh, I made 10 hours for my business this week, but they’re my most floppy can’t work on anything no brain space hours. Now why isn’t my business working?” Hmm. I wonder.
Treat your company like a company & give yourself some good work hours.
Second, *if* you’re a morning person, catching time before the kids are awake allows you to tap into your pre-kids, most-productive self. It’s a fact – you’re just way more centered, grounded, in flow when there’s no one around you, everything’s quiet, and you’ve got the house or living room or kitchen table to yourself!
So give yourself a gift – the gift of business success – and block out that most productive hour (or 2 or 3) just for your business. Then watch your marketing, your lead gen, and yes, your actual revenue transform.
Third, you’re choosing to respect yourself *as* a business owner, treat your company like a company, and learn to shift with your own energy.
- If this means you had a bad sleep and need to bump your biz tasks to the afternoon, you do it. You make it happen.
- If you need to go to bed earlier, to get up earlier, so that you get that quiet time before the kids, you make yourself stick to it.
- If you find out that your most creative time of day begins precisely at 10:19am, you announce outside recess at 10:15 every morning for your kids.
You do what works for you!
None of this “that’s weird” or “a proper mom schedule would be this” or “but that doesn’t sound normal according to my mom friends” stuff.
No. *You’re* going to set up your day in a way that tiers the brain power you need for your roles as a business owner, wife, mom, and homeschooler.
Not the other way around. (Letting everyone else’s needs drive you, so that you’re constantly in reactive mode and can never predict when you’ll get a quiet hour to sit down at the laptop.)
Because *you’re* in control of your schedule.
*You’re* in control of when you food prep for your family.
*You* get to choose what comes through on your phone and who gets to interrupt you.
It’s all choices. It’s all mindset. It’s all taking back control.
Where do you need to recast yourself as the CEO of your schedule – your day – today?
