Episode 130: Ways You Can Reclaim Your Time
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In this episode of Beyond the Business Suit I want to have some real talk. Remember several months ago when “Auntie Maxine” Waters infamously repeated the phrase, “reclaiming my time”?
That video gave me so much life and every now and then I rewatch the video to remind myself of my post 60 year old #goals. Such a classic. Anyway, thinking about the concept of “reclaiming my time” made me think of so many clients, friends, women I know (including me!) who are juggling so many things in life including being moms, wives, friends, caregivers, business women, community and organization leaders, kid chauffeurs and the likes. Time is our most precious asset and one thing I've learned from all of the successful women I've worked with and interviewed is that the ONLY way to be successful and sane is to use your resources and delegate unapologetically. So today I want to share a few things we all can do to reclaim our time.
Four things you can do to help you reclaim your time:
1) Shift your mindset
2) Outsource
3) Empower your partners
4) Leverage your village
Listen to the episode for details.
You can also read what is a reclaiming my time manifesto, Tiffany Dufu's book, Drop the Ball.
Here are some resources you can use to help you “reclaim your time”
- Grocery delivery services like Instacart (feel free to use my Instacart referral code here) and Amazon Fresh.
- Amazon Prime to get free two day delivery + lots of other perks
- Meal Prep Box Services like Hello Fresh, Blue Apron and Sun Basket
- Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, Sun Basket
- For entrepreneurs: Calendar scheduling platform like Calendly (what I use), Acuity or ScheduleOnce.
- House cleaning service
- Personal chefs (Yes, really. I know friends who swear by this and say it's cheaper than you think.)
- Food delivery services like Grub Hub, Uber Eats, Seamless (best for NYC), Door Dash, Zifty and Postmates (food, groceries and drinks).
- Wardrobe box, personal shopping and subscription services like Rent the Runway Unlimited, Rent the Runway Update, Stitch Fix, Gwinnie Bee, Trunk Club and Le Tote.
- For mothers of daughters with kinky/curly hair – save time doing your daughter's hair by getting a hairstylist to do hairstyles that will last a long time and/or hairstylists who will come to your home like Colour.
- Hairstylists that will come do your hair at your home like Colour or TresseNoire (Philadelphia, NYC, DC and LA).
I would love to hear what other ways you have reclaimed your time including resources you use to help you manage all of the balls you have in your life. Leave a comment!
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