2017 was the first year in my twenty-four years of life where I hit every single one of my new year resolutions. It wasn't because I was super disciplined, or because I set simple goals. It was because this year I had one amazing tool that helped me stay motivated, keep organized, and make my goals my baseline for every single day. I'm talking about PowerSheets.

Time tracking isn't a new idea, but it's a great productivity trick that many people haven't tried yet. I decided to try time tracking for one month and see if it helped me be more productive. These are my results and some tips to help you get started and try this experiment for yourself.

Bullet journaling has blown up the past few years. If you've never heard of it, you probably aren't a planner person, but you might become one after reading this. Bullet Journals combine planners, notes, tasks, journaling, and braindumps into one super-customizable system. An entire community has blossomed around this idea and today I'm going to walk you through the basics.

When you start your own business, you put on a ton of hats - accountant, administrative assistant, office manager, sales team, creative director, designer, social media manager, human resources and a million more. It can be overwhelming, and while you're a one-person army trying to do it all, some things can fall through the cracks. Today we're going to look at 5 ways you can streamline your business to help keep you on track.

Over the past year, I've had the chance to meet and work with a ton of different Christian business owners. Because our site is more focused on productivity and business tutorials, I haven't had the chance to really share some of these awesome people with you. So, below you'll find a list of people we've worked with, people we've admired from afar and people doing amazing things in the business community. Check them out!

Whether you're a "wake up at 4 am" kind of person or a "snooze the alarm 8 times" kind of person, having a solid morning routine will get you out of bed a little easier and give you a better start to your day. Who knows, you might actually learn to like mornings in the process.

I've been blogging, working, social media-prepping and doing some thing to grow my site consistently for the past 6 years. Since I started, things have changed a lot. "I" grew into "us", a lifestyle blog turned into a business site and our goals financially have grown over time. But, somewhere along the way, I lost sight of WHY I was doing all this.

So, I asked myself an important question - What is important to me? I wrote down things like my marriage, my family, daily prayer and bible study, our financial goals, getting in shape for a half marathon.... on and on. Basically, my blog did not fall very high on my list. I had gotten to a place where if someone just wiped the slate clean and all the sudden my site was gone, I wouldn't really miss it. I realized that this needed to change. There are a lot of aspects of my business that I love; I love making videos. I love talking to people one-on-one. I love helping small businesses solve a problem they've been struggling with. I love systems and workflows and organization. 

Becoming a successful online freelancer means tackling barriers such as the stresses associated with finding your own clients. You have to take steps to increase your visibility online so that you become a trusted source of information. Maintaining a professional personal brand online while producing quality content takes time and effort. We’ve provided you with some advice and tools to help you expand your client base and network with fellow writers. 

It’s been said that leading a team is not unlike conducting an orchestra ­– with a lot of practice and attention, you can get everyone to play the same tune. But what do you do if the orchestra members are not only in different rooms but on different continents? How do you get your team to perform a symphony when some members are playing while others are asleep? And how can you expect to get everyone on the same page when even something as simple as ensuring a time-sensitive email is read and actioned can pose a logistical challenge?