September Recap and October Intentions
It’s the greatest time of the year - my birthday month! Haha.
Let’s take a look back at September and into October…
Ideas for your Evening Routine
Who doesn’t love a peek inside someone’s routine?
I haven’t shared my evening routine since before kids, so click through to read what life is like now.
3 Ways I’ve Used Time Management Against Myself
I’ve definitely had periods of time where I have flourished with time management and got loads done AND got lots of rest.
And I have had large periods of time where I have used time management against myself…
Putting An End To ‘Busy’
So many mums tell me they JUST WANT MORE TIME (me too!)
But what does that mean? And where is your time going now?
There is maths and then there is drama.
Being ‘too busy’ is the drama our brains give us. Tracking your time for a couple of days is maths.
How to Make Fun and Relaxation Your Weekend Priorities
Lots of parents find weekends difficult. They spend the whole weekend caring for children, cooking and cleaning, and by Sunday night they’re happy it’s over.
Or they might cram the weekend full of fun activities and then feel the Sunday blues as the weekend comes to an end.
So how do you balance family and chores and fit in fun and relaxation on the weekend?
How to Plan Your Day in Lockdown
As iso day blurred into the next iso day, I was starting to feel like time was truly dragging.
Some mornings I was dreading the day by 8am, and others I was watching the hands of the clock like a hawk as we limped towards my toddler’s bedtime.
Cabin fever felt like a real thing as we went from room to room to play throughout the day. I would groan on rainy days, knowing we couldn’t really even get out for our daily exercise.
Are You Tired Of Saying “I Have To”?
On a typical day in your life, how often do you use the phrase “I have to”?
“I have to do the groceries.”
“I have to go to this work meeting.”
“I have to work out.”
3 Steps to Plan Your Perfect Week (Monday Hour One)
When balancing the mum, work, freelance, friends, fitness, and personal life plates, it’s easy to watch our to do lists just grow and grow and seriously wonder when we’ll ever get to it all.
This was me around this time last year – I had notes upon notes in my phone, on my desk, and in my brain, and at the end of each week I had never achieved everything I wanted to.
I needed a new system and was curious and hopeful when I found the Monday Hour One process.
How To Feel Like You Have Plenty Of Time
I can’t even count how many times people said to me, “You think you’re busy now — well, wait until the baby comes.”
This felt like a pretty negative, fear-inducing statement to make to a pregnant woman, but I’m sure they were coming from the same place of indoctrination.
Once I had my daughter, I certainly understood what those well-meaning people meant. Much of my day was spent feeding her, changing nappies and trying to convince her to sleep. But I can also say I spent more time reading books and playing games on my phone (hello Cooking Craze!) than I probably ever had in my life. I began to wonder if I had more free time than I thought.
What I Learnt From Tracking My Time for A Week
I’ve talked about Laura Vanderkam many times on the blog - she is a time management author, who interviews and gathers time log data from a variety of people.
Her message is to essentially prove to us that we have more time than we think.
I agree with her concept, but when my brain starts to feel overwhelmed, I’m always pretty adamant I’m too tight on time and can spin out over that.