Limit email and block distractions – Try and reduce your use of emails by turning off push notifications and logging out of your email accounts. Using Focus, create your custom block list – you can add any apps or websites that affect your productivity at work and they’ll stop bothering you.
Sideline your cell phone – If you thought email was bad, our phones are even worse. Put your phone into Do Not Disturb mode for some peace and quiet. Schedule phone checking (email, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) as one of your rewards.
Create room for flexibility - When creating schedules make sure you allot free time that isn’t linked to specific tasks. This will allow you to be more responsive by using this time on things you couldn’t plan for.
Schedule regular work hours – Freelancers get to make their own hours, but this freedom leads to a lack of clear focus for many. If there’s a time you’re supposed to be working it's harder to make excuses for not working.