A quick note: Today is the early deadline for The Heart of Money, if you’re wanting access to the Sufi healing method that clears shame (among other things) that happens today at 12:30pm eastern. Click here to register.
It’s also the deadline for the February start of our Foundations courses. I had a longer email yesterday with details, so you can take a look here.
On with the show!
Making a sane schedule
When I went full-time self-employed back in 2001, it seemed to take me a few years to get the hang of creating a sustainable schedule, one that really worked for me.
It turns out that a sane schedule is one of the pieces that doesn’t get talked about a lot, and yet is critical for preserving sanity (sane schedule, right?), creativity, and a sense of abundance. Feeling exhausted and run ragged by your calendar is no way to create a thriving business, right?
It’s a topic that comes up somewhat regularly, so we created a class for members of our Community on how to create a sane schedule.
The topic is hitting me again, because, as usual, this new year is a little different than the year before. So I find myself in late January *really* needing to fill in my online schedule to make life easier for me and folks who want to connect with me.
That’s on my list this week, to finally create my weekly/monthly rhythm for at least the first half of the year.
If this is an issue for you, I wrote about it here, and that article even has a link to *another* article on the critical topic of how to take a real break from work without destroying your business.
I find that the biggest thing for me is creating a structure that supports me, rather than depending on my willpower or decision-making ability week-to-week. It’s too hard, and there are too many details in motion. But if I take the time to create a schedule and structure that works, then it’s easier on my nervous system, and easier on the business. I’m more productive, and spending a lot less time figuring it all out week-to-week.
Please, don’t let your schedule be controlled by the whims and winds of daily events. Craft your schedule with both your business and heart in mind, so you can honor your own needs and get your business growing.
What do you do to make your self-employed schedule sane? I’m curious to hear.
With love,
Mark Silver, M.Div.
Heart of Business, Inc.
Every act of business can be an act of love.
1 Response
I always appreciate your messages, Mark, your truth, and the reminders I seem to need regularly! It’s great to work for yourself, unless your boss is a mad tyrant:-)