In 2013 I started working for myself full-time. Prior to that I'd been taking the side hustle pretty seriously. Working in a TV station full-time, freelancing and blogging in the evenings (and late into the night, and early into the morning). I was working toward a dream of becoming financially independent and no longer having to rely on a full-time office job for income.

I had one big problem though, productivity.

Despite my best efforts, I never quite felt on top of everything. I wasted SO much time procrastinating, daydreaming and even doing things I thought were productive, like writing and re-writing to-do lists. I was tired, overwhelmed and distracted. After 2 1/2 years though, I've figured some things out. And I really, really want to save you the hard lessons of figuring it out yourself. I want you to get productive NOW. Minus the tears, exhaustion and sleepless nights. Deal?

Stop losing hours of productive time each week from unnecessary distractions

Find your personal productivity killers and put an end to them

Wrangle your inbox into something that you are no longer afraid to look at (and vanish that dreaded red number of unread emails in your notifications!)

Create a schedule that is achievable, flexible and rewarding

Streamline your day and set boundaries that will put an end to wasted time and stressful deadline all-nighters

Free up your time to do the things that make your soul sing. That's why you're doing this blog/biz/side hustle in the first place, right?