Enter a modern life in the 21st century, where you have the power to automate, digitize, streamline, and plan ahead- thus saving time, energy, money, and even trees. We got things going on; we got work, family, kids perhaps, responsibilities, deadlines, and of course, a social life. We curated some secret weapon time hacks to immediately streamline your life into a modern one. Not even your personal assistant will know what to do with themself.
Optimize your morning routine by using dry shampoos and taking a shower at night. No time for a blowout? For a quick hair fixer upper, dry shampoo needs to sit next to your toothbrush, if not, in your bag. Also next to our toothbrush: a hand-held steamer to reduce last minute wrinkles. For small wrinkles, plug in your flat iron to a medium setting, and straighten out the wrinkles. Showering at night freezes up time in the morning and keeps your sheets clean. Open your curtains and blinds the night before and awake to some healthy daylight.
Get everything electric– and this includes your toothbrush. An electronic toothbrush keeps your teeth, gums, and tongue cleaner and healthier. Speaking of electric, buy a smart home assistant. Smart home systems let you adjust lights, temperature, security, and among other things, you can request ubers, play music, find out the weather forecast by a simple sound of your voice.
Sign up for a Meal-Delivery Service. This is an amazing time saver and convenient for those who want to not only want to eat healthy, but who also want to save time by not cooking nor heading to the groceries all the time. In New York, meal plans like Nutropia and Sakara life could save you time and energy while keeping you healthy.
Like to cook? Invest in a Meal Prep Service like Blue Apron and Hello Fresh so that you will have all the ingredients ready and handy before you arrive home.
You can now schedule ubers and deliveries in advance, even days before within their apps. Need socks, razors, and toiletries? Amazon Prime it.
Use and leverage Subscription Services to upgrade and uplift your wardrobe. Services like Stitch Fix, Flont, and Rent The Runway will enhance and refresh your wardrobe, jewelry and style.
Prep your purse– with makeup, mints, vitamins, charger, business cards, hair ties, pain relievers, snack, pen, tide pen, and of course cash and your wallet.
Manage your money and finances. Have your bills pay themselves by setting them up on autopay. Go paperless. Use apps like Mint. Micro invest with Acorns. Like online shopping? Get cashback with ebates. It amazes us how someone dismisses free money for doing something they would already do otherwise.
Social Media Much? Use a social media scheduling tool such as SmarterQueue.
Have a lot of emails cluttering your inbox? Eliminate subscription lists with Unroll.Me,
Want to send emails before you wake up? Enter Boomerang. Stay in touch and follow up with your network via Contactually.
Want to look at emails and check your phone before bed? Go ahead, but set a timer for 20 minutes before bedtime.
You can breathe now. Go ahead.
-GG
17 comments
Love the prep your purse idea! I find myself needing one or two of these things on a daily basis!
Happy spring! I definitely need to incorporate some of these ideas into my life, like scheduling my Ubers ahead of time, so I’m not panicking to do so the morning of!
Love love LOVE these tips! They are a perfect way to organize and do a spring cleaning of our hectic lives! Thank you for sharing I can’t wait to try these especially meal prepping!
xo – Kam
Such great tips! I love the prep your purse tip the best! 🙂
xoxo, Amanda | http://www.TheChambrayBunny.com
Whew! So many tasks, so little time. So love your list to streamline. How did you know I needed help with email? These are perfect. Bookmarking for later use. TYSM <3
preping your purse or work bag is indeed a massive help! There’s nothing worse than leaving the house on a very busy and hectic day only to realise you’ve left something back at home or at the office and so on..
All of these little suggestions are really big ones! Not only that, they are super helpful! Streamlining is something I have a problem with, so posts like this really make me think of how I could save so much time if I just became more organized. Great post!
I schedule as many things as I can in advance. It helps me think faster and perform better. Love the other tips here too. I will be trying them all.
Wow you put MY organizational skills to shame, these are all awesome! And ps- can you please come over and organize my life lol.
Bathing at night time works for me sometimes. I liked the idea of subscription of meal service. Totally enjoyed the post.
Some great tips here, definitely handy ways to free up some time and make life a little less stressful
I never thought about getting products electric to have efficient time management. Very interesting fact I never thought of! Makes sense, though! Love your tips!
Love these tips! They are a perfect way to organize and do a spring cleaning in our lives!
Really great tips. I never thought to use my flat iron to use small wrinkles in clothing. Technology is so helpful.
Always looking to optimize my routine so thanks for these tips! Getting our meals delivered with GetFreshly has been such a timesaver!
These are great tips, thanks so much for putting this together. I like that you address larger ideas like controlling your social media habits, as well as practical ones, where you talk about automating bills and such!
Anything that helps us to save some time that we can use for doing something better, or just relaxing, has to be a good thing.