Getting into the perfect swing of things is already hard enough when you’ve got a million things on your mind. Especially when your to-do list is growing and you’re trying to make room for everything. There are few key things you can do routinely to get things done efficiently and remove or prevent stress from manifesting in your daily life activities. Routinely can range from daily to monthly habits. 

Top 3 Tips: 

• Time Management 
• Analyze Your workload 
• Prioritize Your Agenda
  

Within the Gig economy, it’s very crucial when doing Freelance type of jobs and independent work, that we pay close attention to the clients wants and needs so that they are met in an efficient manner. When working as a freelancer, especially when involving remote work, time tends to get away from us. This is why time management is important in our line of work. Setting your schedule up properly by analyzing your workload will allow you plenty of time to get things done without it interfering with your personal life. 

There are many jobs out there that are paying individuals as an influencer on many social media platforms. Most of these jobs can be independent work, however many have worked with influencers to market their own content. Marketing is key when you’re collaborating on a project. 

Time Management

First, when it comes to time management, you don’t need to be a master at it, you just need to understand you in relation to it. Organization is key to getting time management under control. That includes knowing how fast you can work or get something done. This also includes knowing when you don’t have enough time to do something on your agenda. Good time management skills will allow you to work smarter and ease up on the harder aspect to reduce stress. 

Analyze Your Workload

Secondly, analyzing your workload starts with looking at the big picture of what you have to accomplish. This gives you an idea of what you can get done in the time frame that you have to do it. You’ll be able to add or remove tasks based on this analysis. 

Prioritize Your Agenda 

Lastly, prioritizing your agenda will be something that you can accomplish once you finish analyzing your workload. Setting your schedule up by order of importance will allow you to accomplish more tasks. In addition, allow you to strategically accomplish the shorter tasks in relation to the time that you have available. 

Knowing when you are at capacity is important to maintain a perfect work life balance. If you are exhausted in one part of your life, it can very easily affect the other part of your life. MindTools recently posted an article defining how to work smarter by boosting your productivity: What Is Time Management? - Time Management Skills From MindTools.com

Work smarter towards your perfect work-life balance.