A few weeks ago, I posted on LinkedIn with an ask to tag people working smarter not harder. Selfishly, I wanted to see what other people’s workflows looked like and to my surprise, there were 44 comments of people chiming in!

As a solopreneur, there are 83028 billion things that I could be doing at one time. I could be creating a social media post, emailing my accountant, creating a new offer, onboarding a new client—the list goes on and on.

The more I can find efficient, time-saving hacks, the more time I’ll be able to spend on only the tasks I can do. And even if you’re not working for yourself, everyone wants to spend more time with the people they love.

Email has been around for ages and yet, I imagine the majority of people don’t keep it super organized. Maybe you’re an inbox zero person (I applaud you!) but if you’re not, I love Ros Croad’s tip.

She creates filters for specific emails and sorts them automatically into folders, so they don't grab your attention when you want to focus.

For example, she has a filter for "Receipts" and opens it once per month when she’s doing her bookkeeping. Her filters are carefully designed so that when her accountant sends her paperwork, the email automatically skips the inbox and into the “Receipts” folder. When her accountant emails her about anything else, that email will still go into her inbox.

Anna Burgess Yang is the queen of Zapier and automation. She has automations for everything, and she has very helpful step-by-step guides that I’ve personally used to set up a few “zaps” myself.