Rachel Hollis Quotes

When I come into the office, the first thing I do is I plan out what I want to accomplish that day. I write it down in my notebook and make sure I accomplish it before I leave that day.

I keep lists of names of people that I have met, a list of things to do day by day as well as a log of how my time is consumed throughout the day. It's a very important part of my personal discipline.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

I have my whole life organized on an 11x17-inch tear-away weekly calendar.

I'm very organized. I have my day-to-day schedule, every 15 minutes, written out.

Every day is sort of a jigsaw puzzle. You have to make sure that you're putting the most important things first.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

I keep a journal/day planner, which really helps me stay organized and focused.

Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day, because we are losing a sense of time.

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently.

The night before, go over your schedule and see what you're going to do and what the purpose of what you're doing is. I advocate having a two-column schedule. On the left, put down all your appointments and phone calls. On the right, put down what the purpose is.

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

Schedule your time. People always ask, 'How do you do it all?' I'm like a walking calendar. I literally make my snacks on a Sunday if I'm traveling on a Tuesday, and I'll pack them before I leave.

Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.

Honest to God, for me, I've never been a guy to stack projects. A lot of these other guys, they like to do this and then line up what they're doing next and line up what they're doing next. I just can't do it.

As for my schedule, I tend to go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time every morning, and I try to be as productive as possible. Some days, I can devote to one specific thing. Other days, it's a catch-all day.

I wake up each morning and make my schedule, and when I do, I plan the work around when I'll be able to handle it best.

I love to-do lists.

I try to block a couple of hours of unscheduled time every day so that I can work on the day's most important projects.

I'm a planner, an organizer. I write things down because you can visually check them off and see progress. Writing things down is a lost art. I've got sticky notes all over my apartment.

I am anal about my Gmail calendar. It's my life. I put everything in there - my to-do list, or even if I want to do things.

You're actually making the rest of your day productive by spending 30 minutes reviewing your to-do's, prioritizing them, and ruthlessly removing things that shouldn't be there.

Don't start the day until you have it finished. Don't start the week until you have it finished. Don't start the month until you have it finished. Plan your day.

Don't start your day until you have it finished on paper first.