(From a comment I made, but I'll post as a top-level comment as well.)
I plan each day the previous day. Planning the whole week hasn't worked for me as things change, meetings move, etc. Instead I plan on a day-to-day basis.
0500-0530: Wake, Put eggs on boil, shower whilst they boil, dress after shower, blend Soylent lunch (M-F), kiss wife goodbye for the day
0530-0545: Commute to office
0545-0830: Work on business, looking at Trello for the current or next task
0830-1200: Commute to client's site and do work
1200-1300: Dine, read/research and or chores
1300-1600: Work for client
1600-1615: Commute back to office
1615-1800: Work on business
1800-0900: Commute home, read, work on fiction, spend time with wife
0900-0500: Sleep.
Rounding the figures, that's about four hours per day on the business whilst working full time for a client (I contract.)
Saturday and Sunday are either spent at social events or on the business in the office (if the wife is busy working on her own projects.) So I manage about 25-30 hours per week.
I think Steph's article is excellent. She's right, too. You do need to priorities your focus points. And you do need to be strict and have discipline. There's no two ways about it.
Sorry but you can't have your success (overnight or otherwise) and not plan for it.
I plan each day the previous day. Planning the whole week hasn't worked for me as things change, meetings move, etc. Instead I plan on a day-to-day basis.
0500-0530: Wake, Put eggs on boil, shower whilst they boil, dress after shower, blend Soylent lunch (M-F), kiss wife goodbye for the day
0530-0545: Commute to office
0545-0830: Work on business, looking at Trello for the current or next task
0830-1200: Commute to client's site and do work
1200-1300: Dine, read/research and or chores
1300-1600: Work for client
1600-1615: Commute back to office
1615-1800: Work on business
1800-0900: Commute home, read, work on fiction, spend time with wife
0900-0500: Sleep.
Rounding the figures, that's about four hours per day on the business whilst working full time for a client (I contract.)
Saturday and Sunday are either spent at social events or on the business in the office (if the wife is busy working on her own projects.) So I manage about 25-30 hours per week.
I think Steph's article is excellent. She's right, too. You do need to priorities your focus points. And you do need to be strict and have discipline. There's no two ways about it.
Sorry but you can't have your success (overnight or otherwise) and not plan for it.