Time management to work smarter, wake up productive and enjoy life

For years I would wake up, feel stressed about all of the things that i didnt finish getting done the previous day.
I’d open up my email and begin to tackle the days problems as they flew into my inbox.
Putting out fires,
Re-acting,
responding,
repeating,
repairing
regretting.
always working hard.
I never seemed to really catch up.
I decided to take control of my life and to put a plan to mastering my productivity.
I decided to endeavor to learn how to work smarter, instead of harder.
After some research, reading some books, I still didnt have much of a plan and now felt like even the time spent reading the books was a waste of time. In fact, the more I researched, the more I felt information overload and the constant distractions of constantly uncovering and delving deep into new resources was an infinite bottomless rabbit-hole.
I would sit down to get something done, hours later I would look up and realize I had like 12 browser tabs open, have saved a dozen bookmarks, a desktop full of downloads and a to-do list that was longer than when I started.

Online I found a program called “wake up productive” with a plan to help you make the most of your productive time. The training seemed to be easily customizable to my personal needs.
I hesitated at the price of the program the first time i saw it but his free training videos on the site were insightful and helpful.
A few months later I appreciated how much help the free tips had been and I got the whole program.

Now I have a plan and what I spend the most time on is by MY direction. The most time of my day is for;
1) my kids, then
2) my music.
3) business correspondence
4)learning more about everything I can.
I would say the most productive change I have made is to stop multitasking and start each days work time with singularly focused effort, for a minimum of an hour, preferably 2.
Second, I chose to declutter my workspace so I can experience the sense of clarity and calm when I work.
Third, i have decided to reprioritize living MY life MY way as more important than just running in circles putting out fires.
I have to be disciplined, like a savings account. I decided to pay myself first, not just financially into a savings, but in morale by planning my downtime and taking mini-vacations for myself alone and with the family.

We just spent 2 days going to Chicago to see my favorite artist, treat ourselves to a nite in a swanky downtown hotel and explore the miracle mile.
Today, I just got notice of last weeks affiliate sales, nice checks, so its time to go to the pumpkin patch with the kidlets on this beautiful fall day.
thanks and take care.
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