7 Surprising Habits of Women Who Get Sh*t Done

How to stay loose and produce, no matter what the day throws at you.

By Kate Rockwood

Updated: Jan 3, 2024

Short of cloning yourself or hiring a personal staff, there’s only so much you can do in a day. But the resourceful, creative, and clever women we tapped for this story somehow achieve loads in the same 24 hours we’re all working with, and with seemingly less effort. These smarties aren’t superheroes; they’re super hackers. They’ve fine-tuned ways to block out distractions and sustain motivation, and they know when doing less is more. Lucky for us, they’ve shared the goods.

1. They don’t reach for their phones first thing.

Los Angeles–based multimedia artist and musician Beatie Wolfe, whose music is included in the underground Arctic World Archive vault in Norway and who regularly speaks on topics such as climate activism and data expression in the arts, isn’t immune to the siren call of Instagram Stories. But she carves out the first hour of every single morning for prayer, writing, meditation, or reading — not electronic devices. To make it easier, she sometimes stows her phone far out of reach (a smart move considering that even the mere presence of a cellphone can be a major distraction) or even disconnects from her wi-fi. “This grounds my entire day in an internal space and power rather than one where I am reacting to external distractions,” she says.

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