Last year, I found myself sitting at my kitchen table at midnight with a glass of cold coffee, staring at a beautifully color-coded to-do list that had 47 tasks checked off.

 

And I was crying.

 

Not because I was sad… but because I was exhausted and furious with myself. I had “done it all” — answered emails, fixed graphics, reorganized a client’s calendar, even re-labeled folders like it mattered. But as I sat there, I realized something gut-wrenching:

 

 

The list made me feel accomplished. But my bank account didn’t reflect it. My audience didn’t grow from it. And my stress sure as hell didn’t shrink from it.

 

That’s when I learned the hard truth: your to-do list is lying to you.

It feeds your brain little dopamine hits every time you check a box, but that hit is fake progress. It’s busywork disguised as productivity.

 

And the worst part? Most women in business are addicted to it — without even knowing.

Here’s how it works:

⚡ The pattern you’ll see? Most of your energy went into fake progress. That endless list of “small” tasks is exactly why you end your day exhausted but unsatisfied.

 

👉 Try this at the end of your work day. It takes 10 minutes, but it will completely shift how you see your own productivity.

 

And if you want the shortcut? I built the C.E.O. Audit Spreadsheet to do the sorting for you. It shows you exactly what to Cut, what to Elevate, and what to Outsource so you can stop working like an employee and finally think like a CEO.

Let’s talk about your inbox.
 

I know you feel like you “have to” be glued to it — answering every client email the second it dings, sorting through junk, chasing invoices, responding to questions that could’ve waited. 

 

But here’s the truth: living in your inbox is not CEO work.

 

Your inbox is designed to keep you reactive, not proactive. Every time you stop to answer a message, you’re giving away your most valuable resource: focus. And that’s why, at the end of the day, you feel like you got nothing meaningful done.

 

Here’s the fix: stop treating your inbox like your office. 

 

It’s not your job to babysit it. 

 

It is your job to set the tone, make the big decisions, and drive your business forward.

 

This is one of the first things I take off my clients’ plates, and it gives them instant breathing room to think like CEOs again. If you know your inbox chaos runs deeper and you’re ready for someone to manage it for you, click below to shoot me an email. 

One of my favorite ways to keep business simple? Automating the little things that drain my brain.

For example: Boomerang for Gmail.

 

It lets you pause your inbox so emails only land when you’re ready for them. No constant dings, no distractions, no late-night “just one more reply.” It’s like setting healthy boundaries with your inbox — and your sanity.

 

I use it daily, and it’s one of the easiest switches that made me feel like I was running my business (instead of my inbox running me).

 

Read that again.

 

The world won’t end if an email waits until tomorrow. Your clients won’t fire you if you take a lunch break. Your business won’t crumble if you close your laptop at 3 pm to play with your kids.

 

 

So go ahead — close the extra tab, cross one thing off tomorrow’s list, and take a breath. CEO mode starts here.

Imagine having a vault of done-for-you resources, time-saving systems, and behind-the-scenes support that helps you finally close all those open tabs (literally and mentally).

 

That’s exactly what I’m building inside The Tab Closers Club.

 

It’s for women (and men) who are tired of juggling a million little things and are ready for simple systems, clarity, and more breathing room in their business (and life).

👉🏻 Join the waitlist and you’ll want to be on it for first dibs + special bonuses.

To Working Less & Achieving More,