Chloe SpillaneYour personal career strategist - start here ↓

Raising the bar. 🩵 #careercoach #womeninbusiness #lifelessons #soberlife #broketorich

5 Mar 2026 · 2 min

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In this solo monologue, Chloe Spillane explains the concrete lifestyle and work‑system changes she instituted to prevent burnout while scaling her business from zero revenue to $500,000. She outlines a daily energy‑monitoring protocol that starts with an hour phone‑free after waking and ends with the phone off an hour before sleep, plus a permanent “no phone in the bedroom” rule and 24/7 Do‑Not‑Disturb mode. She sets strict client‑response windows so customers know exactly when to expect a reply. She removes herself from conversations and situations that drain her, adopts total sobriety and quits coffee, and adopts a daily planning habit that includes detailed time‑blocking. Physical health is addressed through a morning walk, an after‑work gym session with weight training, and a nutritious dinner before bedtime. These boundaries, she claims, have unlocked her highest productivity level ever, allowing her to give full attention, time, and energy to clients. She also shares personal growth work: overcoming an anxious attachment style and a people‑pleasing habit. While acknowledging the difficulty of these changes, she stresses that identifying and eliminating personal blockers is essential for anyone wanting to change their situation.

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The standard I've raised recently in my business is to avoid burnout while being my most productive self because we're going from broke to $500K. This is how I'm doing it. I am monitoring where my energy is going on a daily basis. No phone 1 hour upon waking up, and my phone goes off 1 hour before bed. I do not have my phone in my bedroom ever. My phone is on do not disturb 24/7. I set my own availability and my clients know exactly when they're going to hear back from me. I take myself out of any conversation or situation that drains my energy or doesn't feel good. All energy and stimulus I get from myself. I'm now sober and now I don't drink coffee. I look at my day every day, I plan it out, and I time block that shit. I move my body daily. I go for my walk in the morning, and every day after work I go to the gym. I pump some weights, I get my metabolism going, get that blood work flowing. When I get home, I have a good meal, and then I pass the fuck out. Setting these boundaries and monitoring where my energy is going is allowing me to be my most productive self. I haven't been this productive in my entire career. What this is also doing, because I have so much more energy and capacity, I have so much more to give. So my clients receive this, anyone that's following me or joining my lives. You get all of me, my attention, my time, my energy in that moment because I have the energy to give. These are not easy changes that I have made. I've gone sober. I was someone that would drink multiple times a week. I've stopped drinking coffee. I'm someone that would have coffee 3 times a day. I set boundaries and I walk away from things that don't serve me. I used to have a raging anxious attachment style and I'm a recovering people pleaser. All of these major changes for me have been hard, but if you want to change your current situation, You need to look at the blockers and barriers that are stopping you from getting to where you want to be. I've identified mine. I know what I need to do. It's not fucking easy, but I'm doing the work to get me to this point that I want to be in.