My 30-Day Challenge: 2 Weeks In

Many of my clients can only work 5-6 hours/day due to health or family priorities. Two weeks ago I decided to challenge myself to the same schedule, as it’s been quite a few years since ill health and a teenage son impacted my business day. To get started, I updated my Master Planning Schedule™ to reflect a shorter workday in order to best allocate the time available to work. Click on the Planning Schedule to see a bigger image. I’m giving myself a “C” for the first two weeks for two reasons: 1) I failed to stop working at the time I said I would, and 2) I overtaxed my true energy supply. I am giving myself credit for updating my calendar and making notes about what worked and didn’t work. I might say (and I have) that I could not have chosen a worse time to challenge myself this way, as it coincided with the early release of Business from Bed, which prompted me to add activities that are not normal part of my workweek, as follows: Attend multiple networking group meetings, during daytime hours, to show folks the book I’d been talking about. Individually gift wrap and write…