Get 1% Better Every Week

GET 1% BETTER EVERY WEEK

Starting off the school year, I started feeling stressed and a little overwhelmed. We are not only both entrepreneurs at our house, running multiple businesses each, we homeschool! So, as I spent some time this weekend thinking about everything that needs to be done each week, I made a list of what is overwhelming me.

First, I focused on the problem. What is causing friction?

Problem: I need to get work done, but I also want to make sure our household runs smoothly and that the kids have what they need for an awesome learning experience.

More specifically - what is causing the biggest pinch points in our household responsibilities?

Meals. Dishes. Laundry. General cleaning. Monitoring kid’s schoolwork.

Then, I asked myself these questions:

• What can I do to be at least 1% more efficient in managing our home each week?
• What can I do to make things easier juggling the kid’s school, while growing my business?
• I asked myself, “What’s the ONE THING I can do to allow me and my partner the time to work how we need to, and take care of the kids and household responsibilities, that would make everything else easier or unnecessary?”

Once I clarified what the biggest challenges were - the solution came quickly! I made a checklist of each of the things that I need my kids to do each day independently so they are super clear and have a visual reminder of what to do in what order, and then put an accountability system in place to make sure they are rocking through that checklist each day!

It’s working super well, and it got me thinking - what else can I systemize and improve in our lives?

Pay Attention to the “Energy Suck”

If you’re spending too much time doing things that suck your energy in your household, it’s taking time and energy away from doing things that you need to do in your business. Energy drains in daily activities lead to procrastination on important tasks in your business.

My Challenge to You

Look for “pinch points” in your daily life and processes. What’s an area of your life that is causing you frustration or dissatisfaction on a daily basis? What are the things that are causing friction in your day, sucking your energy, or keeping you from being as productive as you would like to be?

Ask yourself, “what can I systemize to improve that area by 1% this week?”

Then, create a system or automate something that will help you be at least 1% better in that area.

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