Creating Time Management

You’re reading this page because you’re trying to learn how to manage your time, aren’t you? One would think that you’re wasting your time on the computer googling time management when you could be doing other things. That’s what I thought too, until I saw this fabulous idea for time management. It’s a good reminder that we need to unplug and move onto the next task.

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It was so encouraging that I created my own infographic of my current daily schedule. This is how I manage to be a stay at home mom, trying to start a business, and to take care of two babies at the same time.

After seeing my schedule for myself, I am really disappointed! I realized that I don’t fit the time in for the Lord like I originally planned. I also need to somehow split up my time for production, bill paying and chores. It needs to be more dedicated then spread out. I have to do dishes and laundry once a day and clean the house every single hour it seems like. My babies are too young to learn how to clean themselves, but my oldest daughter does try. She’ll “play” sweep the kitchen, and she’ll grab items out of the laundry basket to clean up spills (she’s 19 months old).

For the next few weeks/months, I’m going to try to perfect my schedule more. My husband doesn’t work on Sunday or Monday, so those two days are spent for family activities, projects or shopping. To help me learn how to manage my time with being a stay at home mom, I found some really interesting information out there. Here’s what I found;

This article is called “I Can’t Do It All.” It discusses to limit TV watching and internet searching. I agree 100%. The TV does zap you in and before you know it 3 hours have passed. The same thing with the internet too. However our TV is a last resort when we have out of control children who are running wild in the house. We turn on the TV before I start pulling my hair out. My husband and I talked about cancelling our dish program, but in certain times it can relieve stress. I also can’t relinquish the DVR due to my favorite TV show, Vampire Diaries. :)

Did you know each time I write a blog post, I spend more time of searching the internet for pictures/ideas to go along with what I want to talk about? Ouch right?

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How about rewarding yourself for dedicating time to certain items? Try this book.

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My first month of being a SAHM I had to work on getting my oldest daughter to wake up around 7-7:30AM and not 6-6:30AM. I know she likes to take a nap three hours after she wakes, so I will make sure that her sister wakes up an hour after Chloe does. Emme will want to go to sleep after two hours from waking up. During the three hours I will either work on the website, blog, design, or nap. I sometimes nap pending on if I wake up before 6AM. I usually make it to bed about 11PM. I have a long way to go, but I plan on getting there soon. I can’t wait until the girls get older to start helping me with more chores other than sweeping, cleaning spills, and taking the plates out of the dish washer.

LETS DISCUSS!

How do you manage your time? What’s your favorite resource to use to manage your time?

Pst – Are you looking for a free printable Daily Planner? I created one just for you! Check it out in this post. Also, there’s a really simple guide you can download with PDF files and information on how to manage your time.