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eLearning Series: Time Management
How Can I Manage My Time Better?
( 50 articles in this series )
Moms:
Organize Your Time
& See Your Family More
Time management principals, the words are
so easy to say, and so hard for moms all around the world to
do. Let’s look at the facts, not every household in the world
is alike. Besides scheduling being nice, life happens, and
things sometimes don’t go according to some idealized schedule
written in a personal planner. There’s nothing wrong
with personal planners or making goals, but you’ve got to get
real. Most
of all you’ve got to accept the fact, that you as a mom can’t
control the world, with your handy planner.
Okay, so what’s the point of trying? Why do you need a planner
at all?
ANSWER: Because you need some organization.
You
also need a personal planner to achieve some basic goals. They are really quite simple, and they will surprise you, they
might even shock you! The problem might be for you is to accept
them, work with, and to be happy about them. The facts about
scheduling in your planner will be straight forward, and look
at it this way, you won’t have to outlay a great deal of cash
either for a big personal planner. Here are some steps to find
time for your family.
Prioritize
your life. This means home, work and outside commitments.
It might take a while to do in a standard ole notebook, but
it can be done. Before you ever touch any planner, use the
notebook. This means that you’ll have to be sure what you’re
committed to keep, and what you can or are willing to let go
of. However, make sure to buy your personal planner early because
if you’ve got an extremely busy life, you’re going to need
to have plenty of time to think. It’s the number one step that
you’re going to make. You’ll find it good to make multiple
lists, and break them down one by one, for any of it to make
sense. Shorter lists are easier to take care of. Check them
off as they are completed to give you a visual aid that is
encouraging. Motivation is often the key to completing any
tasks.
Take
to heart and practice diligently the word, No. At this
point you’ve moved to your planner, and now you will need to
consider your family. Tell yourself that you have to say no
about some of their wishes and even some of your own. Too many
obligations such as joining clubs, going to the skating rink,
taking music lessons, joining a bowling league, or even a practicing
for a new play will take up plenty of your time. Decide which
programs are most important and select the ones that can be
enjoyed by the whole family. Select the most important groups
or lessons and stick with your plan. This will leave more time
to spend, one on one with your family.
Delegate
work with the idea in mind to spend time as a family. With all of the cutbacks for your family, delegating work might
not be taken too kindly. But you’ve hit on the key to find
time with them. Get involved together and achieve some goals,
and at the same time rediscover some principals a lot of families
have lost. Working together makes a sense of family community
and devotion a reality. It’s no longer what one wants as opposed
to the other, it’s about the family identity and just being
together.
Have
fun kicking your heals up. Yep, it will be easy to be
seen, for a while at least, as the killjoy of their good time.
So don’t forget to have some real fun together too. Take time
to plan, and then write down in your personal planner a fun
day out together, it doesn’t matter if it’s at the zoo, or
just shopping, use that time for relaxation and rediscovery
for yourself too. Life’s too short not to.
These basic steps of prioritizing, saying no, delegating work,
and kicking up your heels sounds just too simple doesn’t it?
Of course it takes planning, and what doesn’t, but won’t it
be nice to be able to see your family, and change your lifestyle?
Of course it will be great! That’s why you’ve taken the time
to arrange in your personal planner for the best planned occasions
of your life – your family. # # # # #
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