Do you ever feel as though there are just not enough hours in the day? Do you struggle trying to balance both work and family? This article will provide you with a few tips on how to earn more while working less.

First and foremost you need to be organized. Most of the people who earn six or seven figures and only work 20 hours per week or less are highly organized individuals. In addition to being organized you need to prioritize. For most of us, 80% of what we spend our time doing, only makes 20% of the difference. People who only work part-time and make six and seven figures know exactly what matters and that’s what they spend their time doing. They skip or delegate everything else.

Step 1 — Get organized and prioritize. Make a list of everything there is to do and handle in your life, your home and your business or job. That may seem like a daunting task that could take days if not months. Just sit down and start listing things you either want or need to get done in no particular order, as they pop into your head. This list of “to do’s” is finite and in reality will probably only take you an hour or two to create.

Step 2 - Sit in silence for 20 minutes and meditate over your list. Ask for guidance on which are the most important items that will have the greatest impact on your income and quality of life. The most impactful items on your list will start becoming apparent to you. Highlight those items.

Step 3 - Move all of the highlighted items from your list into your calendar. Schedule when you are going to do each one and be realistic when determining how much time to allow for each “to do” item. For example, you might schedule one of item for Wednesday from 7am-9am, another one on Friday from 8pm-10pm, and so on.

If you are unable to get all of the highlighted items into your calendar within the next two weeks, then you need to refine your highlighted list again before entering it into your schedule.

This process helps you get organized, focus on the 20% that matters most and will help prevent you from taking on more tasks than you can handle effectively. If you are unable to complete a task during the scheduled time, re-schedule the task for another time.

Once you switch over from keeping a running “to do” list to scheduling every task, you will begin to feel more relaxed, be more efficient, feel like you have more time and you will get done the most important tasks that make the biggest difference in your life.

When you have a running “to do” list you are more likely to stress over what you need to get done because you don’t know when and how it’s going to get done. By simply scheduling what needs to get done, it will get done when it’s time to do it. No more stressing or agonizing over it. It’s in your schedule and you know you have time for it, specific time set aside. Even if it’s just a simple task like making a phone call, if it’s in your schedule you know you won’t forget about it and you know it will get done.

Leave open space in your calendar for interruptions, putting out fires and for new and fun things to come into your life. If every minute of everyday is scheduled with something you have no room for anything new, fun and exciting to come into your life. Also, be sure to schedule time with your family, to exercise, to eat and organization time. Organization time is for things like going through your mail, doing your filing, cleaning and those sorts of things. This will help keep you organized and in balance.