Christine always builds in a buffer for me and they're helpful. I know I know you're probably like where the heck am I going to find 20 spare minutes?

But let me tell you once things really start to stack up you're going to want time for a quick breather, especially when you've been recording audio or video like for an hour straight you need to take a break.

So a little bit of padding goes a long way and in that buffer time like after I record let's say two or three episodes of this podcast and I see that I've got some buffer time. I usually go downstairs and talk to Hobie. I give them a kiss. We have a little time to just like chat and check in with them. Maybe grab a snack and I come back up. So I really do take the downtime. But if something goes over then of course it becomes efficient for that. But usually I get the buffer time.

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Hey there, welcome back to online marketing made easy. I hope you are having an amazing day. One of the things that I get so many questions about from my audience is how I go about intentionally blocking my time to commit to tasks.

So it sounds like such a simple thing, right? But let me tell you there's definitely an art and a science behind how I block my time. And it's taken me a few years to really nail down but I'm happy to report that I have a very specific formula for time blocking that helps me be very productive and stay on track.

Now when I say time blocking, I mean if I need to record a podcast, if I need to write some content for a PDF, if I need to review a marketing strategy, all of that is different tasks that I time block. So it's just everything I do in the day.

So since this is a hot topic, I thought I would record a really quick, shorty episode for you and share how I set myself up to be productive and successful when I time block.

Okay, so first let's talk about why time blocking is important. For me, time blocking is crucial to my business because it helps me get really clear about the action items I'm going to be doing that day.

I wake up knowing exactly what my outcomes are and what to expect. It also helps me to cruise through tasks without context switching. And especially now since we work a four day work week, minimal context switching is more important than ever.

So that's why I do it in the first place. Now it all starts through my Google calendar and my project management tool, Asana, A-S-A-N-A.

So if you've been listening for a while, you know that Asana has helped my team and I immensely, I'm an ultimate fan. I wish they had an affiliate program, they don't.

And listen, Asana is a great tool to keep on track even if you don't have a big team, meaning you can use it as a one woman or a one man show. I think it's a great idea. And even when I just had a few people on the team, we were using it.

Now with 20 plus employees, everyone uses it. So each week or month, my executive assistant, Christine and I know there are certain tasks coming my way that can be done in chunks of time.

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