This
is a 3 part series. If you are so
inclined you can read the rest of this article here and here. I hope you do, because these are just little
tips that helped me along life’s way.
See I’m a wife and a mom to 4 daughters, 3 son-in-loves, 2 nieces, and 9
grands. I’ve also held a full time job,
along with a side business and volunteer work!
I KNOW what it is like to FLY by the SEAT of my Pants! Is everything perfect now? Nope.
No way. I’m still working at
it. So if you feel overwhelmed, come
along with me…let’s see if we can fix this together my friend.
We left off with “getting” to do
something for our family. It’s all
about changing your mindset. You don’t “have”
to make them a meal, you “get” to.
There was once a day when you were so happy to do this sort of
thing. It blessed your kids and your
husband and you. Then life
happened. You got busy and in over your
head with laundry and chores and kids and pets.
Sometimes it just took a couple
of weeks of everyone passing around a bug to wipe out all of your hard
work. It’s okay. We just pick up and start again. They’re your family, such as they are, they
are yours. (Once when I was having a fit I called my dear husband a Slob. He said to me “but I’m your Slob” Lol! Yes he
is, and I love him!)
So back to the planning thing, what
is it that you GET to do to bless
your family? Laundry? Dinner?
(Both right?!) Don’t put laundry and groceries on the same
day. You don’t have to be a martyr. Write
it on your piece of paper and then do it.
Do you have to clean the kitchen before you cook? It’s possible to clean and cook
simultaneously. You can put the water on
to boil and empty/load the dishwasher while you’re waiting. And then learn to clean up as you go. It can happen. I know.
At the end of the day, you can look
back and say I accomplished something. If you followed along with these
posts then you have 1)gotten groceries into the house 2) spent 30 minutes on
yourself and 3) blessed your family by
making dinner! Now pull out that piece
of paper and write the day of the week on it. Turn it over and write down
the one thing you have to do tomorrow. Do you have to do the
laundry? At least some of it? (You know what I used to do, I used to
check my husbands clean clothes to make sure he had enough clean socks,
underwear, shirts, etc., if he was getting low I made sure I did his first
because I have tons of underwear and socks, I could go a whole month probably!) Does your kitchen need a good scrubbing? How about the bathroom? You get the drift. You are the one who knows what needs your
attention!
Write it down. After that
write down something you want to do and then another thing you get to do.
At the end of the day, do the same thing. Keep your papers
together and do this for a whole week. Next week you’ll already have a planning
system to go by. You can add and change
it up as you get comfortable with having a routine. Once you’ve gotten it down, it’s okay to pick
up a cool planner if you want. I love
mine. It’s an Erin Condren (a little
shameless plug here.) You can get one through this link and save
$10.00! Warning though: you could go down the black hole of planner
accessories here… self control!
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