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My 3 Day Work Week On Friday I felt the need for some 5 star inspiration. I always seem to think better when surrounded by LUXURY! So I took myself off to a country manor for some business and life brainstorming. Yes, I know new year has only just passed, and I’ve just done that but business and life is an EVOLUTION! It doesn’t stay in the same place for long. Or at least I don’t stay in the same place for long – where’s the challenge and excitement in THAT?! I took a seat in the sumptuous parlour overlooking the acres of grounds in the estate. It was a stormy day and I basked by the open fire and revised what I wanted my next moves to be.

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Page 1: My 3 Day Work Week

My 3 Day Work Week

On Friday I felt the need for some 5 star inspiration. I always

seem to think better when surrounded by LUXURY!

So I took myself off to a country manor for some business and life brainstorming. Yes, I

know new year has only just passed, and I’ve just done that but business and life is an

EVOLUTION! It doesn’t stay in the same place for long. Or at least I don’t stay in the

same place for long – where’s the challenge and excitement in THAT?!

I took a seat in the sumptuous parlour overlooking the acres of grounds in the estate. It

was a stormy day and I basked by the open fire and revised what I wanted my next

moves to be.

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I worked on my money funnel. I got some ideas for two new group coaching

programmes I want to run (watch this space). And, always the productivity ninja, I went

over how I spend my time on my business – is it REALLY filled with EXACTLY what I

want to do? And yes, it is.

I also went over the hours I allocate to run my business. 16­20 hours a week over 4

days a week. It’s been four months since I switched from doing crazy 80­100 hours.

One of the BEST MOVES EVER!

Want to know the breakdown?

4 hours blogging/newsletter

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4 hours content creation/promotion/marketing

4 hours client coaching calls

1 hour email

1 hour time/money tracking

2 hours outreach/connecting

Then another 4 hours which are flexible and just spent how I want; it could be extra

client calls, more content creation, blogging, outreach, facebook ads, interviews, and

whatnot

That’s it. It’s flexible. It’s not set in stone. I move things about but I’ve got a plan, I know

what I need to do and know how long it takes. If some weeks I do a few extra hours, or

some weeks less, that’s ok.

Anyway, whilst I was all inspired and planning away…

I had a big AH­HA moment! Why was I working 4 days a week?!

Couldn’t I actually do the same hours over THREE DAYS A WEEK?!

YES, I COULD!

It was like a lightbulb went off. WHY hadn’t I seen this before? It’s so flipping

obvious!

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WOW. To me, that’s HUGE! I never thought I’d see the day where I could work 3 days a

week. Doing what I want. With who I want. It actually hadn’t occurred to me until that

moment.

I remember when I did the 9­5 thing and having to ask for time off. To HELL with

asking ANYONE for permission for ANYTHING! I was only allocated so many days a

year to use for holidays, or worse, having to use my precious holiday days for boring

stuff like waiting in for a workman or a parcel or taking the car to get fixed. You know the

kind of stuff. Back then I would have KILLED to be able to work three days BECAUSE

work was so freaking painful and 90% of the people a bore to be around; the less time

I was being told what to do, where to be, how to act, even dress, THE BETTER as

far as I was concerned. But EVEN IF I’d been able to reduce my working week to

three days, it would NEVER have been enough (and neither would any amount of

money). As I said to a friend in an email last week…

“I can’t find inspiration from an office. I see it as being caged and stifled and conforming

and I’m a freedom seeker and a non­conformist and hate playing by the rules of society

for the most part.”

So on Friday I made up my mind, from this week, that’s what I’m going to do; work

16­20 hours on my business over three days. WHOOHOOOO!

But do you know what, I’ve had time to think about it and get over the initial excitement

and….

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Who am I kidding?!

I really don’t think I can do it! I mean. I CAN do it. But I’m not sure I actually WANT to!

At least not every week.

When you fill your business with things you LOVE, and get to express yourself

fully and creatively, and work with the RIGHT PEOPLE, work doesn’t feel like

work!

Working 80­100 hours a week was hard going. I was able to do it because I had a

bigger goal in mind and that drove me and gave me the energy. (I’ve still got big goals

in mind and they are WAY bigger now.) Working 4 days a week for 4/5 hours isn’t hard

going. Besides, it’s all pretty much flexible. Nothing is set in stone and I LOVE acting

upon my inspiration and intuition! I can’t do that if it’s only scheduled in Mon­Weds.

Take this update for example. I don’t WANT to wait until Monday to blog about this on a

‘business/work’ day, so you are getting it today.

When I talk about FREEDOM in life and business, this is the kind of thing I mean; being

able to do what you want, when you want, acting when inspiration strikes and doing

what feels good.

And I want that for YOU!

Even if you don’t have the life and business you want right now, you HAVE to believe

that’s it’s possible – and take action. How long will it take you? I don’t know. Everyone’s

‘journey’ is different. But I do know that if you don’t believe it’s possible, and you don’t

take action, you will never get anywhere close. You have to marry belief with action.

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And the journey NEVER ends. You’ve got to commit and take action even without

knowing the outcome, even through fear and excuses, and even when you don’t even

know how to.

I’m committed to working with daring, go­getting entrepreneurs who want to empower

themselves to create the life they want. I know the systems, strategies, how­to’s and

most importantly the mindset that works for me and I share those things here, my

newsletter, my webinars, groups and with my clients, but even with all the how­to’s YOU

have to take the ACTION. Only then is it possible to have the things you dream of and

say you want. So, can you REALLY have the business & life that you want? Yes! And

MORE. It’s a journey, an evolution. I’m not going to stand still. Are you?!

Remember, believe more is possible,

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ABOUT Karen Strunks is a speaker and

author and helps daring, rebellious,

non­conforming women create a No

Compromise life and business doing

exactly what they love.

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Ten years ago she left her ‘cubicle cage’ and made a break for

freedom to follow her passions; from dominatrix, to

photographer, to social media and marketing teacher to today,

empowering women to step away from the norm, break the rules

and follow their passions.

Her work has been featured in print, TV and radio such as The

Guardian, BBC, Radio 4, Time Out NYC, The Telegraph, BBC

Radio Wales, and she has worked with national and international

brands.

Karen regularly speaks at conferences and lectures at

universities on entrepreneurship, and about her story of leaving

the 9­5 to pursue a life less ordinary. Come and join Karen's

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