
I’ve read the books, taken it all in and I still can’t get it together…
What’s that? I hear you asking.
So much to do….So little TIME
Time management lets me down on a daily basis. No matter how hard I try I still end up with heaps to do at the end of each day with absolutely zero energy.
What’s going wrong?.....well lets analyze a typical day.
I sit down at my desk to check my emails and somehow get stuck to this chair for hours on end.
Did you say?” Is that it” well yes, I guess that is IT.
I manage to spend a lot of time on the internet and on the phone, business is going great and I love it with a passion, however the home front is letting me down.
Sound familiar?
I bet it does and I know many of my fellow Sugarmums have a similar problem.
Trouble is we are trying to run our businesses and take care of our families all at the same time.
Something’s got to give I hear you say and I really appreciate your input into this conversation because, at this point, I’m tearing out my hair and begging myself to find an answer.
I’ve thought of outsourcing the husband, the kids, the laundry, the cooking, the garden and the housework - but I really do want to have the best of both worlds. Both my career and my home life are important to me. In fact I would dearly love to work Part Time.
I peek at the diary for the 100th time and see it’s all over the place again. I take a thick black marker and start getting lethal - slashing great areas, naming sections FAMILY, WORK, MEETINGS, SHOPPING, DOG, HELP…..no time for lunch again, oh well, another enforced diet and since there’s no time for exercise it’s probably just as well.
Procrastination has become my friend and it’s also helpful knowing that, if there is something too awful on the kitchen floor, the dog will gobble it up. It is also a relief to know that, even if outdated and uncoordinated, we are lucky enough to still have some wearable apparel lurking at the back of our closets.
I have decided that being a work at home Mum takes a lot skill and what I’ve decided to do, if I have enough time, is more research into HOW to make it work.
I’m open to suggestions knowing that I can use all the help I can get with this. It’s been great talking to you.
Love from Anne.
www.sugarmums.com.au/annej