·         Sunday: take an hour today to plan your upcoming week; first acknowledge what you accomplished the week before, see what you still need to do, then put together your plan. Prioritize your items or projects into three categories: 1) current client needs and activities; 2) midterm client needs and activities; and 3) enhancing business activities / business development.  Then add these activities to your calendar. For some if you are worried about the day getting away from you, add your “must dos”  as appointments and stick to them.  Note all your appointments both for business and personal, list your items to do on the appropriate day. I always set aside a lunch appointment with my husband once a week. :-)

·         Monday: Spend your first hour on the computer checking and returning e-mails, and phone calls. Set aside 1 hour today and call 5 people ask them how they are doing, let them know one new fact about the local real estate market that they may not know, and then close by reminding them if they know anyone looking for a REALTOR® to please pass your contact information along, or to give you their contact information. As you are going through your calls write a quick handwritten thank you note to each person – whether you were able to contact them or not – as appropriate. At the end of the day, note what you accomplished and what you still have to do.  Add those items into the remainder of your week.

·         Tuesday: Spend your first hour on the computer checking and returning e-mails, and phone calls. 5 calls and 5 thank you notes. At the end of the day, note what you accomplished and what you still have to do.  Add those items into the remainder of your week.

·         Wednesday:  Spend your first hour on the computer checking and returning e-mails, and phone calls. 5 calls and 5 thank you notes. At the end of the day, note what you accomplished and what you still have to do.  Add those items into the remainder of your week.

·         Thursday: Spend your first hour on the computer checking and returning e-mails, and phone calls.  5 calls and 5 thank you notes. At the end of the day, note what you accomplished and what you still have to do.  Add those items into the remainder of your week.

·         Friday: Spend your first hour on the computer checking and returning e-mails, and phone calls.  5 calls and 5 thank you notes. At the end of the day, note what you accomplished and what you still have to do.  Add those items to Saturday or the following week.

·         Saturday: Spend your first hour on the computer checking and returning e-mails, and phone calls. Prepare for appointments.

·         Sunday: Repeat last Sunday’s activities.

I hope that if you try this for one week you will find that you will have a better handle on your weekly schedule and your life.