Learn how to balance work and life as a modern entrepreneur by creating and implementing a stress-free schedule you can stick to.

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Written by HeatherStone
4176 days ago

Hi Andrea,

What was that last selection on the video...downright insane? That's about where I'm at 20% of the time, but considering I've got a lot more going on than what your plan accounted for, that may not be too bad.

So on my good 80%, when I have the most productive days, I find that it's only a couple of factors that make the difference. First, there's sleep. If I get 6 hours with at least 4 in a row, I'm golden. But because I work, go to school, have a business (pseudo), am a mom, and have other complications, I am pretty much going 20 hours a day. For me, there's no real stop, it's just that if I'm to be productive it's all about sleep, diet, and exercise. If I become tied to my computer and a chair potato, if I eat the wrong thing, I just lose energy. I still work, but am just not as productive. One great thing I did is join a gym nearby. Also, I drink a lot of anti-oxidant rich drinks and a good amount of black coffee. I stay away from sugar. If I do all that, I get about 2x the amount of work done in a given day. If not, I'm plodding through.

Another thing that helps is not having worries or financial troubles. I've been through bumps in the road where those issues sapped my creativity and drive. Its like Maslow's hierarchy...got to meet the basics first.

What I'd like to know is, how do people just do a hard stop at 6:30pm? If I did that, I'd disappoint a whole bunch of people. It just seems that it's easier to say it should be this way or that without knowing the crazy particulars of everyone's lives. I don't think there's a one size fits all for this.

But anyway, great post, and thanks for contributing to BizSugar :)



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