Honestly I perform and stay on my toes more often when I'm busy.  For some reason, my brain seems to click and the gears move a lot more than when it slows down for a few weeks in Feb/March.  

I find myself jotting down a lot of notes.  Before I leave work, I'll write down things that need my attention first thing in the morning when I get back in.  The same goes for things at home.  I make lists of things that need to get done and prioritizing them with the time of the year and importance.  I do what I can get done in a day, and if that doesn't happen its no sweat, it'll still be right there when I get back to it.

My business phone goes into silent mode every night at 5 and on the weekends.  Granted, I will check it periodically but just a large business I have hours of operations as well and I've come to the point where I don't need to be near my business phone 24/7.  

I use a planner...literally it's a must for me...On Monday mornings I usually plan out my week personal and business....I add events to my planner calendar and my digital calendar whenever they are scheduled or booked...I also schedule family time and my self care time....I truly believe you have to schedule things that are important to you and make it a priority to follow that schedule....Things change yes, that's why they make white out!!!!

This is such a great question @tranguyen @maxpete -- I feel like I could literally talk about this topic endlessly. But who am I kidding? There's no time for that!! The baby is crying, the emails are piling up, there's laundry everywhere, and it's Payroll day, ha! 😉 

In all seriousness though -- I feel like 5 years into motherhood and 10 years into business ownership, I'm starting to hit somewhat of a stride. There are lots of "practical" things that help me stay organized: a list app on my phone where I can quickly input something when it crosses my mind (I use Todoist), a very organized calendar, a loose routine for my days (I find this better than a super structured routine which almost immediately goes out the window). But one of the things that has helped me most is simple to do my best to be fully where I am at the moment. If I'm in Mom-Mode, put the darn phone down. Work can almost always wait, there are very few things that are life and death, and I don't want to spend my kids' childhood looking at a screen. And when I'm at work, be fully at work. I used to be a person who took a lot of pride in being able to do-everything-at-the-same-time, but I found that trying to work & take care of children simultaneously felt like I was being physically & mentally ripped in two, and it was really painful (and inefficient). So, that's what I'm working on -- be fully where you are. It's freeing, honestly. 

(A big part of this, which is a whole other topic, is that I finally had to release some control and hire managers to handle most of the on-site, day-to-day operations. Which allows me to work primarily from home, stopping in briefly a few times each week. It's really hard, but also a total game changer.)

I try to prioritize my time. It isn't an easy task. Thank God that I only have 1 child. He requires enough attention as it is lol