We’ve been told that if we just manage our time better, wake up at 5am, and cram more into our day, we’ll somehow nail it. But have you ever stopped to wonder why this approach feels so out of sync with how you actually work?

Our society is set up around a 24-hour productivity cycle. Why?

Because that’s the length of a man’s hormonal cycle.

Yep.

The world - our workday, the productivity gurus, the hustle culture - it’s all bloody tailored around the body clock of the masculine version of the species we call humanus. It’s like they’re running Android, and we’re over here on macOS wondering why our apps don’t work.

Instead of playing the productivity game to “save” time, I decided to switch my focus to how I’m using the time I have as I live it to achieve my goals.

And I’ve been able to do this via the power of implementing some seemingly simple, but fairly life-changing habits when it comes to the hours I have every single week to do, well, whatever the hell I want with.

Maybe you have little bursts where you work and you think, okay, this is good, I've got it now.

And then you crash, left feeling like you're close to burnout.

Or perhaps you're just wondering why everything feels so hard? Perhaps you’re feeling like you are behind or you're not doing something right. Whatever it is, I want to share a process you can work through to help you get back to what it is that you want out of your business - and what you want out of your time.

Ever felt like shutting it all down and burning it all to the ground? If you’re in the online business world, whether you’re selling digital products, working as a virtual assistant, social media manager or trying to make your fortune as a coach, you might be feeling this way about your business.

Take a shot (hey, it’s 5pm somewhere) for every time you've ever said to yourself: 'I'm so easily distracted', 'I just can't focus like I used to', 'I'm such a procrastinator', 'I'm so behind' or 'I'm just addicted to cheese' (it’s number 5 for me).

If you are a solo business owner or service provider in 2024, you might be bringing all sorts of feelings with you. Feelings sparking questions like ‘will I ever feel motivated again’, ‘why can’t I focus on anything for longer than 3 seconds’, ‘there’s so much to do and not enough hours to do it in’ and ‘am I actually meant to make this whole business owner lark *happen*’?

If you’re a free-spirited business owner struggling to achieve your goals, and you’re finding yourself stuck in this cycle of work sprints followed by burnout (and repeat), this simple goal setting process will bring back that fun, feminine, free-spirited energy you’ve been missing.

I bought and read Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life by Roxie Nafousi at the beginning of 2023. There was something Roxie mentioned in the book that really baffled me. Like, DEEPLY baffled me.

There’s a thing lurking in the online business owner space currently that no one really talks about.

And imma talk about it.

Can you remember the last time you were so absorbed in what you were doing that the world around you just, well, faded away?

Until pretty recently, I couldn’t remember the last time I’d felt like that.

I used to be all about time tracking.

A traditional Type A organiser at heart (bless me), I would spend HOURS (yes, hours) each week painstakingly planning out my calendar, adjusting my time blocks, moving my time blocks around, tracking where I spent every minute and recording it all like no one’s business.

We've been completely conditioned (I like to call it 9-to-five'd) to spend a WHOLE LOTTA TIME, managing our TIME. Because we've never been incentivised or had a reason to look for other ways to optimise the way we work.

Work less, earn more, and finally achieve your big one-day goals.(I KNOW RIGHT! I’m peeing a little in excitement).

Four surprising things that’ve happened in life and business since I’ve let the ole’ socials down easy.

The amount of time you have ISN’T the problem, pals (and what to manage instead).

Mindful productivity: your tool to differentiate between tasks that truly align with your goals, and the ones that just drain your energy - and sap your time.