How to kick-start your day

It can be hard to get your day started when you are a solopreneur!  There’s so much to do in so many different categories, and then there’s all your personal stuff too.  If you don’t have enough structure, that wide-open schedule might be as much a curse as a blessing.  One way I get started right is to have a kick-start that I do every day.  No matter how overwhelmed and lost I might feel, I always know to go through this short list and then I will have at least gotten started.

Here’s my kick-start list:

• Clear my calendar and to-do list.  I make sure I’ve done everything I planned to yesterday or I add it to today.
• Review business priorities.  I keep a one page document on hand that tells me what my current business priorities are.  By reviewing it daily, it’s easier to make decisions that align with my priorities and not get sidetracked.
• Write 100 words.  This is a combination brain download, business journal, and writing warm-up.  It’s a small chunk of writing that gets me going.
• Do a money-making task.  I always include something directly related to making money in my kick-start because it feels good to start the day that way.  No matter what else happens, I’ve done something to make money that day.
• Implement any coaching advice I’ve received.  I regularly invest in training for myself just like I ask my clients to.  Since I want to make it worth my while, I make sure to implement at least something from my training every day.

Once I tackled this list, I have a sense of accomplishment and my day is off to a good start.  It’s often enough to get my momentum rolling and I can dig into everything else I want to get done.  As with so many things, once you get your work day started it’s much easier to keep going than it was to get started.

If the idea of having a set way to start the day doesn’t appeal to you, an alternate approach is to set up the start to your day the night before.  As your last task of the day, get yourself organized and set up for the morning so you can jump right in.  Either way, make sure you give yourself an easy way to get your day going or you might waste a lot of time just trying to get started.

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