One of the toughest obstacles for working for yourself, especially online, is being able to manage your time properly. There are so many distractions and with nobody to look over your shoulder at all times to tell you to get crackin’, the potential for disaster is always looming. The worst part about time management online is that most don’t even realize how poorly that they are spending their work days. Answering emails here and there, trolling forums and social media are all forms of procrastination that need to be cut out of your daily work schedule. Please don’t misunderstand me that forum marketing and social media marketing are a waste of time, we all know the difference of when we are being productive and when we’re just browsing to put off doing our work. If you intend on writing an article about SEO, stop browsing topics on a forum about PPC and if you intend on spreading the word about your business or product through Facebook, stop browsing pictures of the crazy night that you had over the weekend! The easy solution to improving how you spend your time working on your business is to set a daily or weekly schedule for yourself. I tend to do both, I’ll usually set my schedule for the upcoming week on Sunday night and then narrow that schedule down to hourly or bihourly tasks for each individual day. My schedule is always changing but to give you a better idea of what my work week looks like for this week, it goes something like this: