@Dave Foy I agree, it’s not worth losing sleep over. I guess it is worth keeping in mind that some platforms are easier than others for people to do this with

@Mariah Coz thanks!

@D'Ana Joi I absolutely love this mindset and story. Congrats on this accomplishment!

I prioritize time for cooking, exercise, getting out in nature and the sun, and frequent short breaks on a daily basis during my work days. I was aiming for 3 or 4 day work weeks for awhile but found that was not realistic for me to get everything done as I am still in a growth phase. So now I try to not PLAN work for the weekend. If I end up working a little bit on the weekend to catch up on a quick task it's OK - not ideal, but because I rest quite a bit and have good balance during the work week, it evens out. I try not to work 7 consecutive days when possible (even working just a little bit per day) - I did that for awhile and that was a recipe for feeling burnout and exhausted. So if I end up working a bit on Saturday, I take Sundays off. I have also shifted how I plan what I will tackle for marketing/sales projects (in addition to my client work/program delivery) to be more realistic...I estimate how long each task will take, add it up, and plan accordingly what tasks I will do each day/week to align with my target hours. When I glance at my plan for the month at first it almost appears like a joke because it looks like so few hours but the key is I am working on actually completing each task in the estimated time (not going over) and actually staying on track with the plan (not falling behind). Over-planning is a big way I felt over-worked, burned out and overwhelmed in the past - so basically now I aim for no more than 1 hour per week day of planned marketing projects/tasks, 0 on the weekends, if a project cannot be realistically completed in the available time in a month I adjust what I plan to do accordingly and don't take on unrealistic excessive plans. In the past I would try to fit as much as possible into each day and plan 2-3+ hours per day of marketing-related tasks/projects and have the mindset "I can do that!" and try to do it all...now I'm taking the opposite approach and optimizing for what almost feels too realistic, so I actually land somewhere close to my actual plan when it's all said and done.

@Meg King I love your new podcast!

@D'Ana Joi I love that you shared this! I can relate to so much of what you shared and also got some good ideas for how I could personally do things a bit differently on my end. I’m in alignment with you as far as recognizing the importance of back and forth coaching that can’t quite be replaced by a Q&A podcast as well as the private podcast with call replays and audios from course videos being a high value add!

@Robert Thibodeau I would absolutely love to see a copy of this if you don’t mind as this has been on my radar to create in the near future. If posting it here isn’t ok you can DM me

@Mariah Coz Thank you for clarifying! That is really interesting because while I have done a lot of the work to set up the structured funnels etc. for EE/HTH I actually never got to the point of using Deadline Funnels (have just been doing open/close cart or my own workarounds incorporating a call booking page while I'm on "evergreen" between launches) and I've been feeling called to lean more into content and community for building traffic and nurturing lately. It sounds like I could still use the info in the Monetize course to sell a one-time digital course vs. a subscription/membership right? It's just a bit more focused on memberships and recurring revenues, as well as a more organic flow for making the sales of the digital products? I look forward to seeing that visual video showing the difference between the two approaches once you have it ready!

@Mariah Coz cool, thanks! I didn't know that was possible with a private podcast, I thought once they had it on their podcast player they had it for good.