How I Time Block

I love working for myself but I know I’m not alone when I say that being an entrepreneur is freaking hard. When the to-do list is always piling up and I feel like I never have time for myself, there have been moments where I felt like entreprenur life isn’t for me.

This is something I have really struggled with over my almost 10 years in business. 

“How can I benefit from entreprenurship with having more time to myself, and still get things done?” 

The first step for me was cutting down my shoot days. What many people don’t realize is when you have a photography business, you don’t just spend all of your time shooting. You need to take calls, plan your shoots, cull and edit the photos you’ve taken - again, this all goes on the to-do list. So in limiting my shoot days to Tuesdays and Thursdays, that has left Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to do the behind the scenes work of a photographer.

Implementing this plan was a big help, but once I got the hang of my new schedule, I knew I needed to take things a step further. I needed something that allowed me to see my day by the hour, as well as be able to see my full task list in front of me. 

Enter my new favorite productivity tool - my Time Block Weekly Calendar.

I am all about tools that not only help me to run my business, but can also save me time. So when I couldn’t find something that allowed me to better organize my tasks and my time both by the full week AND daily tasks, I decided to create one. 

How it works is I list out all my tasks at the beginning of the week: branding sessions, shoot plan calls, social media planning, culling and editing, etc…basically everything I need to complete that week. Then I fill in those tasks, as well as workout sessions and even lunch breaks, into a time slot Monday through Friday.  

I will be honest, sometimes this plan doesn’t always stick and like any entrepreneur, my task list evolves as the week goes by. However, starting out with this organized look at my time helps me see the big picture and better plan my days.

If you are like me and you need to work on better organizing your tasks and your time, you can grab my Time Block Weekly Calendar over in my shop!

And while you’re filling it out, make sure to schedule in a time to book a session with me so we can get you in for your next personal branding session!