Are you looking to create more abundance in your daily life when it comes to your calendar?

Do you want a thoughtful way to practice better time management?

As an entrepreneur, you know that time is money.

Time is truly the only resource that can never be created, renewed, or generated.

But if time is constantly flowing into and out of our experience, how can we best make use out of it, right here and now?

One simple way is to craft a more abundant approach toward time itself.

For instance, if you have feelings of time scarcity or lack, as in there’s never enough time to run your business, chances are you’ll never have it.

But if you change your approach toward time, you’ll find it is abundant and always available for you to use.

Here are five smart ways to practice time abundance in your business on a regular basis.

Set specific work hours for yourself.

Working day and night may seem like the only way to get things done as an entrepreneur.

Yes, you need to do your work, but if you’re constantly overworking without regular breaks, you’re coming from a mindset of time lack.

If you haven’t yet done so already, create specific beginning and end work hours for yourself during the week.

And if you already have hours in place but haven’t yet followed them, make it a point to follow them now.

Do keep in mind, this isn’t to say there aren’t times in business when you need to finish up work because of delays and circumstances outside of your control.

But you do need to create consistency for yourself on a daily basis so you have ample time to rest and relax.

Leave blank spaces in your calendar.

Not filling up your calendar may seem counterintuitive. But doing so allows your schedule to breathe.

With sufficient breaks and white space, you can clearly and easily discern appointments, meetings, and other calendar entries.

Your schedule doesn’t have to look half empty.

Simply add buffers of time from one part of your day to another.

This ensures you’ll have sufficient time to review, plan, travel, and rest as you move from one appointment to another.

Be 100 percent present during conversations.

Your presence in conversations goes far beyond your physical body taking up space in a room, your hand holding a phone receiver, or your face appearing in an online conference video.

You need your mind and focus to be fully present as well.

Respect others during conversations by giving them your full attention.

By being fully present, you can not only have more meaningful conversations but also cover more details than if you were otherwise distracted.

Schedule future follow-ups with confidence.

A rejection of any kind can stop you dead in your tracks.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t move forward in your work.

Sure, you can try and push your way through a situation, but in some cases the timing is wrong.

Things have to unfold in their own time.

And sometimes the best course of action is to put a task aside and come back to it later.

Take a moment now to add a task or follow-up to your calendar or tickler list.

Not only will you have the time to follow up with the item later, you’ll have time now to focus on other items.

Communicate your availability to others.

Does it seem as if people are always contacting you at all hours of the day?

Perhaps you’re experiencing the exact opposite.

You haven’t heard from someone in a long time and are wondering about their status.

Let others know when you are specifically available for meetings, reviews, consults, and discussions.

Beyond showing yourself time is always flowing into your experience, this ensures you’ve created the physical time and space necessary to work with others.

The task doesn’t have to be complicated.

An in-person conversation, a phone call, a text, or an email shows you understand the passage of time, and the importance of connecting with others in real time on a regular basis.

How about you? How are you going to reframe your mindset when it comes to time? Join the conversation and leave a comment below!

This post originally appeared on Inc.com.