time management • parenting • home management
Organization is a key component to keeping you and your family closer and balanced. I often receive emails and comments on my blog asking how I “do it all” when it comes to working a full-time job, being a wife, and maintaining my home. My secret? Routines and schedules.
Creating routines and schedules is often a hard concept for many to grasp. I like to think of them as scaffolding for my week rather than concrete plans that I …
Family Relationships: The Importance of Keeping Your Family Closerelationships • me • relationships • lifestyle
We live in a world where moms and dads wish they could figure out how to be in two or three places at one time…. We are always on the go dropping off one kid here and another kid there. Parents are caught up in the “busyness” of keeping
Clutter Control: 4 Ways to Keep Your Home Organizedmom • home management • parenting • home management
It’s a new year and everyone is making their New Year’s resolutions. Many choose resolutions related to finances and fitness. I generally choose resolutions that are associated with my home and family, more specifically – organization.
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January is a great time to get organized. It’s a new
Healthy Lifestyle: 6 Tips to Easily Manage Time and Fitnessmom • meal time • lifestyle • health-wellness
It’s amazing how staying fit somehow always seems at odds with our busy schedules! Whether it’s finding time to cook a healthy dinner while also getting your kids to and from soccer practice, or finding snacks without refined sugar that offer enough of an energy boost to get you …
Goal Setting: Increase Productivity by Focusing on Your End GoalThink about the path you are heading down. What is your end goal? What do you want to accomplish?
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If you aren’t sure, ask yourself: “If I achieved success on this project, task, or endeavor, what would that success look like?” Or, “If I arrived at the end of this
Time Management: 5 Tips to Spending Time on What Matters MostWhat matters the very most to you in your life?
I was listening to a bi-annual conference for my church… today and one of the speakers shared that love is spelled t-i-m-e. He then asked us to ponder: “Where are you dedicating your time?” In other words, what (or who)
Time Management: 10 Stress Relieving Hobbies That Improve ProductivityWhen you evaluate your “me time” and your hobbies—what you do in your time off—what tops your list? And, do those things relieve or increase your stress?
Choosing stress-relieving actvities—those that help calm you down, give you time to think, help you gain perspective, get your endorphins up, and get…
Multitasking: Simplifying Life to Free Up Your Schedule…How often have you felt overwhelmed, frustrated, and tied up in knots? You’ve got gratitude for the things you do have, but there are moments you feel like a hamster on a wheel.
Fall season rushes in and the obligations seem to multiply. Taking the kids to sports, school, fundraisers,
…Do you consider yourself a “yes woman!”? Are you someone who takes on more tasks than she can possibly handle? Do you have trouble delegating? And when you finally muster up the courage to say “no!”, do you immediately feel guilty?
Focusing on your highest priorities often requires saying no
Prioritizing: Timing Is Everything…If motherhood has taught me anything, it’s that my life now moves at a different pace than it did when I didn’t have kids. Before I had kids, it was really hard for me to understand why a mom couldn’t manage to take a shower each and every day. Seriously,
Get off the couch and play—do something active—during every commercial when you & your family watch TV tonight.
Date: Wed., February 29
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: 365 Manners Kids Should Know
