The Perfectly Productive Day
You don’t need a new system. You need a new day.
Most productivity books promise a complete life overhaul. They teach broad principles, endless hacks, and 90-day plans, but rarely show what a single truly productive day actually looks like. The Perfectly Productive Day changes that. What they rarely show is what a single truly productive day actually looks like in real life.
The Perfectly Productive Day changes that.
Written by Sarah Tetlow, a productivity strategist and international speaker who has helped hundreds of high-achieving professionals reclaim time, focus, and energy, this book zooms in on the twenty-four hours that matter most: today.
Through six simple pillars of your day – morning, commute, workday, evening, bedtime, and sleep – you’ll learn how to design each phase with intention, reduce friction, and build momentum that lasts. Rather than chasing perfection, you’ll create repeatable rhythms that support both productivity and well-being.
Inside, you’ll discover how to:
- Build mornings that energize you before the world makes its demands
- Turn commutes—both long and short—into powerful transitions that reset your focus
- Reclaim your workday from distractions, reactivity, and digital noise
- Create evening rituals that restore your mind instead of draining it
- Protect your rest so tomorrow’s success starts the night before
Grounded in psychology, habit research, and years of real-world coaching, The Perfectly Productive Day replaces hustle culture with humane structure. It’s not about perfection. It’s built on small, practical 1% changes—simple shifts that fit real life and compound into meaningful, lasting results.
Whether you’re balancing meetings and motherhood, deadlines and dreams, or ambition and exhaustion, this book is your guide to designing a day that works for you – even when life isn’t perfect.
Because productivity isn’t about doing more.
It’s about creating a day you can repeat—one that leaves you focused, fulfilled, and proud of how you spent your time.
About the Author
Hey there,
I’m Sarah Tetlow.
For years, I did what so many high-achieving professionals do. I tried to fix my productivity by adding more systems, more tools, and more rules.
And yet, at the end of the day, I still felt exhausted. Busy, but not fulfilled. Accomplishing a lot, but rarely feeling proud of how my days actually looked.
What finally changed everything wasn’t a new planner or a complicated framework.
It was learning how to design one good day.
As a productivity strategist and international speaker, I’ve spent years helping professionals, especially attorneys and professional women, reclaim their time, focus, and energy. I’ve worked with hundreds of people who were smart, driven, and successful on paper, yet quietly overwhelmed by the pace of their lives.
What I discovered is this.
Most productivity advice skips the most important unit of change.
Today.
That’s why I wrote The Perfectly Productive Day.
This is the book I wish I’d had back when I thought productivity meant doing more instead of living better. Inside, I walk you through the six parts of a real day, from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep, and show you how small, science-backed choices can completely change how your life feels.
- No hustle culture.
- No unrealistic overhauls.
- Just intentional days you can actually sustain.
If you’re balancing ambition and exhaustion, deadlines and dreams, or work and real life, this book was written for you.
Because productivity isn’t about perfection.
It’s about building days you’re proud to repeat.
With intention,
Sarah Tetlow
