As a working mom with a ton of inputs coming in all day long, I add a lot of random tasks to my to do list. For example, If I hear about a good book, I quickly add it to my to do list and then later when I’m processing my new tasks in my…
Do you have mom brain like I do? My brain is always moving and does not turn off until I fall asleep at night. My to do list is the brain dump that holds everything for me so that I don’t have to remember all the kid activities, housework items, broken this, calls for that,…
Theme Alert! November posts on the blog will be all about “to do list hacks”. I use the app “Toodledo” for my to do list, and you may use something else but I am sure you will be able to find similar features for what you use. If not, email me and I’ll help you…
Quick Tip: Download the Wheel of Life I use weekly to do my reviews. Every week I give each of the ten areas a rating on my quest to reach a Level 10 in all areas. I review the highs and lows and make some adjustments for the next week. Backstory You Didn’t…
At any given time, my To Do list is hundreds of items long. Hundreds. That’s another problem for another day, but it does serve as a good reminder that I can’t really do it all. I try, and my list shows I really want to, but something has to give. When I was growing…
It has been a very busy few weeks over here. On a complete spur-of-the-moment whim, we decided to plan a trip out of town four days before the airplane departure. Yikes! During the next few days, we had multiple kids activities and then the power went out for over twenty four hours (and didn’t come…
Yes, I’m that mom. My kids have asked (practically begged) for us to put up decorations for the last few years. My excuses for not doing so have finally run out. We built our current home about four years ago. Before that, lived in four different homes in less than three years. Needless to say,…
I recently traveled for work and I am always so amazed at the absolute peace I feel in a hotel room versus at home. Do you ever feel the same? I walk in and immediately put every item away carefully and purposefully. My laptop is set up and charging on the desk with my…
I actually decluttered a drawer. No, hell is still hot and pigs stay on the ground. Yet somehow, in this dimension, I decluttered a drawer. And not just any drawer, but a small drawer that was stuffed with way too many socks and underwear that was always overflowing and could never be fully closed…
The new school year is well under way and I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t already have a few goals for myself with this fresh start. My hope is to revisit these goals throughout the year so I can see how I’m doing and if I need to make adjustments. My first goal…