I have a good balance. Granted I have an established business, but even starting out I treated workouts and fun stuff as non-negotiable and worked around them. Now, I delegate almost everything, and what I can’t delegate I get done first thing in the morning. My current schedule is about 7:30-4:30 with a 2-3 hour break where I workout, run errands, and eat lunch. I don’t answer business calls once I get home.
I’m 37 married with a 15 month old, and an active social life and I run and coach a rugby team. Family always takes priority.
4 months a year I’m slammed, and I know it and I prepare for it. I shorten my workouts and increase intensity. On the weekends I prioritize on recovery and relaxing at least one day.
I always work on the most important things first, and I don’t put them off. Almost every distraction that comes can wait at least a few hours.
Workouts are as important as the work, because they reduce stress and increase energy and mood.
I stay out of the car as much as possible. When I am in the car, I make my phone calls.
I avoid meetings like the plague. I don’t do lunch or anything like that unless it fits in my schedule and I want to do it.
I prioritize social events and I don’t try to do them all. I tell fomo to f-off.
If it’s not important I don’t do it. Period.
I plan things I want to do in advance and I work around that and plan well ahead for my absence from the shop and office.
Most people spend too much time not doing the work and instead doing all the things around the work. I’m ruthlessly protective of my calendar, and I don’t do anything I don’t want to do, unless it helps a loved one, which still falls under the umbrella of something I want to do.
Prioritize, then prioritize your priorities, and do the most important things first.
I have a good balance. Granted I have an established business, but even starting out I treated workouts and fun stuff as non-negotiable and worked around them. Now, I delegate almost everything, and what I can’t delegate I get done first thing in the morning. My current schedule is about 7:30-4:30 with a 2-3 hour break where I workout, run errands, and eat lunch. I don’t answer business calls once I get home.
I’m 37 married with a 15 month old, and an active social life and I run and coach a rugby team. Family always takes priority.
4 months a year I’m slammed, and I know it and I prepare for it. I shorten my workouts and increase intensity. On the weekends I prioritize on recovery and relaxing at least one day.
I always work on the most important things first, and I don’t put them off. Almost every distraction that comes can wait at least a few hours.
Workouts are as important as the work, because they reduce stress and increase energy and mood.
I stay out of the car as much as possible. When I am in the car, I make my phone calls.
I avoid meetings like the plague. I don’t do lunch or anything like that unless it fits in my schedule and I want to do it.
I prioritize social events and I don’t try to do them all. I tell fomo to f-off.
If it’s not important I don’t do it. Period.
I plan things I want to do in advance and I work around that and plan well ahead for my absence from the shop and office.
Most people spend too much time not doing the work and instead doing all the things around the work. I’m ruthlessly protective of my calendar, and I don’t do anything I don’t want to do, unless it helps a loved one, which still falls under the umbrella of something I want to do.
Prioritize, then prioritize your priorities, and do the most important things first.