Money can buy you more time to do things that matter to you

If you want more time to do your own thing, use money to outsource some of your work to people or tools. Yes, tool too!

And no, this is no affiliate promotion. It’s just that tools have made my life much easier and I want the same for you.

For instance,

1. If designing social media posts or resizing them for different channels takes up lots of time, sign up for pro version of the tool you are using. Canva made all this so much easy for me.
2. You have a superbusy week leading up to the product launch event. Can you ask your cleaning lady to cook dinner for you for the next 3 days? That’s at least 4–5 hours saved.
3. You want to go on a short vacation but your social media lead gen has just picked up. If you pause now that would amount to loss in income. What to do? Simple. Sign up for a social media management tool like Buffer or Hootsuite.
4. You have taken on new clients and your monthly accounts is taking up lots of time. What to do? Easy peasy. Hire an accountant to do it for you.

But when should you decide to outsource some work to free up some time?

Couple of scenarios can play out here.

One, you hate the job and cannot do it yourself. In that case you have no option but to outsource.

Two, you feel that you can earn more in the same time. For example, if your hourly rate is $75, and you hire an accountant at $40/hr, you are increasing your income while getting rid of work that has nothing to do with your core skills.

Three, you want some free time for yourself because you are neck-deep in projects. That’s a good place to be in income-wise but you need to take care of yourself too.

And you know, you will feel much happier when you are doing something more interesting or spending leisure time.

Action Step

Identify at least three tasks in your calendar that you can outsource to someone or use a tool to complete quickly.

Let me know how it goes.

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The wrap up

Confused about which tasks you should outsource. After all, outsourcing can also mean compromise quality of work done.

The way out is to give clear cut instructions.

If you are struggling with that, let me know how I can help you find a solution.

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