"For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven."
- Ecclesiastes 3:1-
For a busy mom like me,it can be very exhausting just thinking on how to joggle and stretch my time in order to cater to everything that needs to be done in a day. Sometimes, I feel that 24 hours is not enough for a day. I need to find time for all of my tasks at hand as a wife, mom of two, connect leader,employee, blogger, mompreneur, home manager and financial manager of our household. Actually, I realized that I don't need to find time, I need to MAKE TIME.
Well, for moms who are in a situation just like mine, maybe these tips can be of help to you.
1. Get Organized - Get yourself a nice planner wherein you can assess your time, write your to-dos and schedule your events and activities. Plan ahead and think how you can lessen the time to be spent on each task.
2. Prioritize - While planning, assess and categorize your to-dos and think what needs to be done first. As for me, I learned the following sequence of prioritizing my tasks in a day.
1st: Urgent and important things
2nd: Not urgent but important things
3rd: Urgent but not important things
last: Not urgent and not important things
3. Multi-task - Women are multi-tasker. We can do multiple tasks at a time. So think of the things or tasks that you can multi-task.
4. Sow Time - The bible is telling us in Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows." So if we sow our time, we shall also reap our time. We sow our time when we spend our time doing God's works. We sow our time when we spend our time with people in need.
5. Make Use of Internet - Check all your bills and see if you can pay them online so there is no need for you to spend your time going out from the house to pay the merchants. You can also buy stuffs from online stores which offer good deals and services. This can save your time as well.
6. Get Help - If you can afford to get a house help, get one. Effectively delegate the other household chores to your house help so you can spend more time with your spouse and kids.
7. Pray - In Matthew 21:22, it says, "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." So go ahead, ask God for wisdom on how to make time.
So, these are the things I do in order to make time for everything. How about you? Maybe you have something that you want to share with us regarding how to manage and make time for everything. Feel free to leave a comment. We also love to learn from you.
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