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Feb
10

5 Time Management Tips for Busy Moms

in Tips for Personal Success

by Renee Wittrock

Here are the top 5 time management and personal success techniques I use to keep me grounded and smiling while I am on warp speed:
time management for busy moms

  1. “Schedule your priorities do not prioritize your schedule” –Stephen Covey.                                   
    • My husband, Chip, says if you want to make sure you get something done in a day, you’ve got to get up and do it. So we wake up early and get our meditation and exercise done for the day first, then have a good breakfast and everything else seems to fall  in place after that
  2. Love your leftovers – an eating action plan. 
    • Sit down for 15 minutes on Sunday night and plan the meals for the rest of the week. Look to see what you have at home and then make a list of what extras you’ll need for the next 3 meals. You are going to take the time to cook so make it worth your while; if you are frying up ground beef for lasagna then make a few more pounds and freeze for later. Also make a double batch of lasagna and freeze one of those too. Now back to the 3 meals, they will feed your family for 5 days if prepared correctly and proportionately.
  3. Ask for help from all of your family members – Delegate age and time appropriate projects. 
    • People have developed distaste for chores, so try to spin it in their favor.  Our son likes to have list of the things I want him to get done in a week so he can decide when to do them.  We also schedule “Project Days” were we sit down as a team and discuss what all needs to be done and how each of us will help in each area. This is a great bonding skill and has been highly effective for our family.
  4. Arrange your errands.
    • Look at what you have to get done this week and map out your to-do’s in geographic and time demand order. You will be so much more effective if you do this one thing.
  5. Do something for Y-O-U every week to celebrate your supermom successes.
    • Meet a girlfriend for a glass of wine, hide away in a bubble bath, get mani or pedi (or both), you know what you like, so do it, just for you.

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