Do you regularly think that you’re going crazy with all the things that need to be organized around your business and your personal life?

You probably have a family to take care of or you have other obligations to loved ones and need to help them out.

Sometimes you wish you could wave your magical wand and fly smoothly through your day, while being super-efficient at work and get all the things done in your personal life.

That would be amazing! Unfortunately, the magical wand is a fairy tale, but there are certainly actions your can take to make a smooth day become a reality for you.

I hear you; I tried my best to juggle all the things I needed to do as well. After many years of experience, a demanding job and a family that grew bigger and bigger, I adopted a structure that integrates my business and personal life and that works very well for me.

I’ll share my tips below, hopefully you can benefit from it as well.

Tip 1 Close your day and set Priorities for the next day.

Always close your workday, with a list of actions that you need to do the next day. This is your priority list. Whatever happens, the actions that are on this list are important, therefore they need your attention.

Tip 2 Prepare everything for your Morning Routine the evening in advance

With everything, I mean everything!

Before going to bed you can do several small tasks that save you time in the morning. You want to start your day without stress and keep in a relaxed mood as long as possible.

Tip 3 Use as much as handy tools in your business as possible

If you want to work efficient and accomplish a lot in your business, you have a lot of handy tools that can help you with your tasks.

For planning tasks, you might like Asana, Trello or Monday. These are web applications that allow you to plan and schedule all your activities in a simple and visual tool. The user interface is very intuitive and help you organize your projects with ease.

There are many more tools available that do the same. They also have an app so you can check-in and follow-up on your phone.

Tip 4 After business-day activities

When your business day is over, check with your family members if there are any new topics or activities. Sometimes your kid’s school want to unexpectedly launch new activities. These new activities need to be planned in your calendar.

Tip 5 The Five-minute Tidy-up Challenge

You can do a lot in 5 minutes. If you have 5 minutes left here and there, try to do some activities that don’t need you to concentrate a lot. For example, fold the laundry, empty the dishwasher, put clean laundry in the closet, start your washing machine, do some quick toilet cleaning, tidy up the living room or your bedroom. There are so many small tasks that can be done quickly instead of piling up at the end of the week.

Tip 6 Weekend Meal Cooking

If you have a busy schedule ahead of you, you might feel a lot more relaxed if you know you don’t have to cook that day because you prepared your meals in the weekend. It will only take you a few minutes to warm up your meals in the oven or microwave. This saves so much stress at the end of your day.

Tip 7 Meal planning for 7 days

When you have time once a week, to sit down and plan your meals for seven days ahead, you have a huge win!

Deciding on what you are going to eat in the next seven days, making a list of the ingredients you need and driving to the supermarket to buy everything you need, will save you at least 45 minutes each day compared to doing grocery shopping every day after work.

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