Are you tired of working long hours on your business and not having any time for yourself or your family? One of the main reasons that nurses start their own business is to have more flexibility in their schedules. Often, however, after they are in their own business they find that they don't really have flexibility because they no longer have any time off work.

The way to overcome this is to be a better planner. Plan your time off and then take that time off. You may feel as though you are too busy to take any time off. If this seems to ring true for you give yourself less time to accomplish the tasks that are filling up your time and your mind. It is well known that work will expand to fill the time allowed.

The reverse is also true. If you only allot a small amount of time, you will accomplish more in less time. If you doubt that you can get more done by setting short deadlines, take time to think about how productive you are when you are facing a "drop dead" deadline. In most cases you get the work done by the time it is due and in the process you probably even impressed yourself with what you were able to produce.

Schedule time now to get those tasks done that need to be done before you can take some time for yourself. While you're at it, schedule some time for you to be in your office scheduling appointments, filing, organizing and making your business life easier.

Now, go about setting yourself up to get more done in less time.