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5 Ways I Reclaimed 10+ Hours a Week By Automating Low-Value Tasks

5 Ways I Reclaimed 10+ Hours a Week By Automating Low-Value Tasks

Ever feel like your calendar’s full but nothing actually gets done?

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Meghan Donnelly
Jun 24, 2025
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5 Ways I Reclaimed 10+ Hours a Week By Automating Low-Value Tasks
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You know what I’m talking about:
You spend half your day scheduling calls, replying to DMs, chasing leads, and typing the same damn email, again.

By 3PM, your brain’s fried and your to-do list hasn’t moved.

And tomorrow? You’ll do it all over again.

Left unchecked, this cycle will suck the momentum, and money, out of your business.

What if you could win back 10+ hours a week without hiring anyone new?
What if the work just ran itself?

Let’s see how automation can buy your time (and sanity) back.

1. Use a Digital Calendar Scheduler for All Bookings

If you’re still emailing people back and forth to book calls, we need to talk.

Every time you write, “What time works for you?” you’re starting a scheduling thread that eats your energy like termites in a log cabin. It’s slow. It’s sloppy. It’s completely avoidable.

I set up a calendar tool (I use Calendly, but Acuity works too), synced my availability, and added buffer times so I’m never stuck in back-to-back Zoom hell. Then I dropped that link into m…

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