Episode 118: Day 2 - 7 Day Nurse to Writer Challenge

<p>Welcome to DAY TWO of the 7 Day Nurse to Writer Challenge. If you haven&apos;t listened to the prior episode, I recommend you go back and start at <a href='https://savvynursewriter.com/?p=9549'><b>Episode 116.</b></a></p><p>If you haven&apos;t joined the challenge yet, here&apos;s the link to join: <a href='https://savvynursewriter.com/challenge/'><b>https://savvynursewriter.com/challenge/</b></a></p><p>Here we go into DAY 2!</p><p><b>Time Management</b></p><p>Today we’re diving into time management.</p><p>I love this topic because it’s how I grew my business from 0 to $15K in my first year as a writer, with only working 4 hours a week.</p><p>I have perfected my time management over time, but with the changing “seasons of life” (ahem, COVID-19, and virtual learning), changing the way I work in my business time is critical to my business growth.</p><p>There are three time management activities that I want you to take on in this challenge. Each of them will be presenting over the next few days. Those three are:</p><p><a href='https://thesavvyscribepodcast.com/2020/08/10/what-to-do-1-hour-of-power/'>1. The Hour of Power</a></p><p>2. The Ideal Workweek</p><p>3. Batching</p><p>Time management helps you work smarter to work LESS.</p><p>Let’s start with the <b>Hour of Power!</b></p><p>Back when I started my business, in 2015, I had some stressors/life responsibilities:</p><ul><li>My kids were 2 and 10 years old</li><li>I had my husband</li><li>A Great Dane Puppy</li><li>I was completing my BSN online</li><li>I was still working full time</li><li>My son was in baseball</li><li>My other son had preschool and private speech therapy</li></ul><p>I had the thought, “Maybe I’ll quit the business. No, I will just quit school.I feel like a bad mom, wife, and student.”</p><p>Then, I realized I just needed ONE hour to myself for my business. THAT’S when I discovered my hour of power.</p><p>My hour of power was the time when my son went to preschool.</p><p>This was when I was able to get most of my work done. It was only an hour