January feels like one of the strangest months. It’s both endless and fleeting. One minute, you’re clinking glasses on New Year’s Eve, and the next, it’s the end of the month, and your resolutions are already gathering dust.

Think you’re bad at time management? Think again. This post uncovers the biggest time management myths holding entrepreneurs back and shows you how to break free from busywork. With practical tips to reclaim your schedule, you’ll learn to focus on what truly matters in your business and life.

Why I made the switch from Trello to Asana and how it's simplified my business as I grow my team.

After 7 years of working with entrepreneurs, I’ve found that one of the biggest culprits of stress + overwhelm when it comes to your time is because… YOU DON’T HAVE BOUNDARIES. We need to create boundaries with OURSELVES in order to protect our time and our energy. Here are 6 steps to help you get started creating boundaries and reclaim YOUR time…

Last year, I made the executive decision that I was going to sit down every single quarter and plan out exactly when I would be launching when I would be running promotions, and how I was going to bring in new traffic and sales to my business every single month (at least for the next 3 months). And let me tell you, it was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. Ready to do it for yourself and have the rest of the year (or an entire year) planned out for your business? Here are the 4 steps I take and what I teach my Beyond Busyness members (and it doesn’t take more than 30 minutes):

And if you’re thinking that a 4 by 4 work week simply isn’t possible for you, then you’re going to continue hustling and feeling burnt out with your business until you want to burn it all to the ground. It’s like thinking that in order for a plant to grow, you need to water it 8 hours a day. But, you and I both know that if we did that, we’re actually going to end up killing the plant. Instead, we water it what it needs in order to grow, and THAT’S when we start seeing in thrive.

Email marketing is my absolute FAVORITE way to connect with my followers and audience. Yes, social media is great and a big part of my business, but I love myself some long-form content and storytelling, so email is where I really tend to shine. But, it was sucking my soul to actually sit down and write an email because I had NO IDEA what to talk about. Here’s how I planned the rest of my marketing content for the year…

When I first started a business 8(ish) years ago, I was desperate for more freedom + flexibility in my schedule. I remember sitting in my office at school and feeling like I had a seatbelt strapped across my chest that wouldn’t allow me to move. Fast forward a few years later when I finally was matching my teaching salary to quit, and I was feeling anything but free or flexible. I still had a preschooler at home with me 2-3 days a week and my client load was all over the place at the time. I was working at random hours throughout the day, pulling my computer out at night after the kids went to bed, and I felt like my phone was attached to my hand 24/7.