The Bright Method Podcast: Realistic Time Management and Productivity for Working Women & Working Moms

12. Home Paper & Personal Email: How to Manage Personal Admin Tasks


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In this episode, we’re diving into a deceptively powerful topic in time management: personal admin time. Let's talk about dealing with the emails, the paper piles on the kitchen counter, the school forms, and the never-ending stream of to-dos that live in your personal life—and absolutely impact your professional life, too.

Many time management strategies focus only on the professional side of life, but the reality is that personal tasks draw from the same limited pool of time and mental bandwidth. And if you don’t have a system to handle them, they pile up and steal your focus—even at work.

So, how do we tame this kind of admin overwhelm?

We’ll cover:

  • What's included in personal admin work

  • How to create a realistic personal admin system that fits your life phase

  • When to do it and how often

  • How to use time blocking to protect this time and reduce stress

  • What to do with email and paper until it’s time to deal with it

You’ll leave with a step-by-step process for designing a sustainable personal admin routine—and why doing so will actually support your professional success, not just your personal sanity.

Links you might enjoy:

  • 🌿 Free 5-Day Time Management Program Get five short, practical video lessons packed with realistic strategies to help you manage your personal and professional life with more clarity and calm.
  • 📱 Follow me on Instagram Get bite-sized, real-life time management tips for working women—like reminders to set mail holds before travel, anonymous day-in-the-life calendars from other professional women, and behind-the-scenes looks at how I manage my own time.
  • ✨ The full Bright Method™️ program If you're ready for a full time management system that's realistic, sustainable, and dare I say… fun, check out the Bright Method program. It's helped hundreds of professional women take back control of their time—and their peace of mind.
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The Bright Method Podcast: Realistic Time Management and Productivity for Working Women & Working MomsBy Kelly Nolan

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