In fact, my to-do list was not in my calendar at all, except for recurring events like paying a bill. Walking Pearl was on my list, but it was never entered into my calendar as an actual, scheduled event: for example, between 1:30 p.m. I needed to do something.Īs I reflected on the day’s events, I realized I had always made lists for the day, week, and month. My schedule was out of control and my practice was suffering from the effects. As I raced to get Pearl, all the unfinished business I needed to get done-like billing and $4,000-plus in collections-raced through my mind. That meant I was going to start 10 minutes late with my client. One busy day, 20 minutes before my next client, I remembered that I had forgotten to walk Pearl. A walk a day was barely manageable for me, and as her illness progressed, she needed more than one walk a day. When Pearl was diagnosed with cancer, I started taking her for a walk during the day, because her medicine affected her bladder control. She went to live with my wife’s other brother while my wife and I provided health care and additional support (including lots of hugs and rubs). When my brother-in-law died suddenly, Pearl became the family dog. Pearl was my brother-in-law’s pride and joy. My time-management problem reached critical mass when my brother-in-law’s dog, Pearl, got sick. The results? Well, I’m still not a poster child for Dale Carnegie Training, but I’m able to get a better handle on my schedule by working toward establishing a few new habits that allow me to focus on my clients’ needs and run my business better. I needed to do something, but I didn’t have a lot of extra time to read self-help books or extra money to invest in a coach or a psychologist. I also fell behind on vital business tasks, like billing and collections. My massage work suffered because it was difficult for me to provide a start-to-finish relaxing experience when I began the massage revved up from rushing around. Specifically, I was on the verge of losing clients because of my habitual lateness. In fact, my chronic time-management problem eventually caught up with me in my massage business. Unfortunately, my time-management skills didn’t improve as I got older. When I was young, my mom used to tell me I’d be late to my own funeral. Time Management Steps to Improve Your Massage Business (and Life) By Mark Liskey Massage and Bodywork Magazine for the Visually Impaired - Time Management Back to Massage and Bodywork Issue List July/August 2016 Issue Back to July/August 2016 Article List

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