What’s multifaceted, time-sensitive and continually adds tasks to your never-ending to-do list?
A creative small business.
Everywhere you turn there’s a project to finish, an email to reply to, a blog post to write. You have to wear multiple hats while keeping a million plates spinning. It’s like a circus act.
But you know that already.
You also know that if you don’t have a system for keeping up with all those tasks and hats and plates, things can quickly get out of hand.
Projects fall behind. Deadlines get missed. Stress and panic sets in. And before you know it you’re a hot mess, questioning why you started a business in the first place.
That’s why I’m all about creating workflows.
Blame it on my type-A personality, but I can’t function if I don’t have a system in place for tasks like design projects, blog posts, Ellechats and coaching calls.
Doing something the same way every time has helped me set expectations, work more efficiently and ultimately stay on top of all the neverending business tasks.
I’m a big fan of using Trello to outline my workflows and create timelines (I included an example in this post and hosted an Ellechat webinar on it here), but Trello isn’t the best platform for keeping up with multiple workflows at once.
That’s where Asana comes in.