Gretta is a Feminine Time Management Coach based in the Chicago area. When she’s not coaching, you can find her watching Gilmore Girls or hanging out with her husband, Great Pyrenees, 2 cats, and soon to be 2 lab puppies.
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4 Causes of Procrastination, & How To Solve for Them So You Can Get Shit Done
Read moreDo you want to stop procrastinating and get shit done? Good. You’re in the right place. Did you know there are (at a minimum) 28 main reasons why people procrastinate? Here are the main patterns I see with my clients: Fear of failure, negative feedback, or making a mistake Task aversion due to perceiving a task as boring, frustrating, tedious, or too challenging Overwhelm Prioritization of short-term mood (picking the…
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The Two Most Common Thoughts that Create Overwhelm & What To Do About Them
Read more“I have so much to do, I don’t even know where to start.” This is often caused by an underlying thought, “I don’t know the right place to start” or “I have to pick the right thing to start on.” We falsely think there’s a right or wrong thing to do in any given moment. We end up putting pressure on our decision which paralyzes our decision-making and our action…
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Waiting for Your Life to Calm Down
Read moreWaiting for your life to calm down before you start to work on your time management is like waiting to feel better before taking medicine. Once you learn how to manage your time then your life will calm down. That’s because you’ll know how to quickly plan your time in a way that makes it easy to follow through and in a way that gets easier every week. So much…
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How to Create Focused Energy Instead of Overwhelm
Read moreLet’s start by talking about where overwhelm comes from. If you’re like most people, you think it comes from too much to do and too little time. Overwhelm is actually an emotion that is created by the way you’re thinking. And here’s how we know: Have you ever been in the same job as someone else and they’re calm, cool and collected and meanwhile you’re a ball of stress and…
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Customized Time Management Strategies
Read moreOne Size Doesn’t Fit All That’s why together, we’ll create your customized time strategy, using only what works best for you. With this tailored plan, you’ll be able to manage your time well and create a calm, organized life without the guilt. Simple, doable plan Impact plan Use Your Phone Less Lasting Habit Creation Simple Routine Creation and Implementation It’s Done – Calendaring Cyclical Time Management Future-Self Review Weekly Evaluation…
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Ingrained Beliefs
Read moreWomen have different barriers and challenges to managing their time well than men do. This doesn’t mean it’s impossible for us to manage our time well or easily – far from it. It just means as a women, you need a different approach than the advice you read out in the world because general time management advice was designed with men in mind. One of our unique challenges is the…