Time is never enough for stay at home moms, especially if you work from home. Time management is utmost vital. Rachel Kubicek has some handy tips every stay at home mom should know:
Here are no black and colorless answers when it comes to the question of how to be an organized mom.
Here are too many sticks in the spokes of life to plot for life to run smoothly all of the time.
Subdue, here are ways to be more organized and less stressed throughout the day, according to community author and speaker Cindy Sigler Dagnan, and stay-at-home mom Amy Wheeler.
Make time for yourself
“That is one of the weakest areas for any female, whether she works outside the home or not. It’s our nature to be a nurturer,” said Dagnan.
She recommends by nap time to take time for yourself, which is simpler when you get the kids on the same nap schedule.
“The No. 1 thing I tell moms is to take your nap first and then when you get up you subdue have an hour and 15 minutes to yourself. Use that time to do aerobics, sit on the porch with the baby monitor or read,” Dagnan said.
Wheeler, of Joplin, feels she has a better attitude and is a nicer mom when she takes time for herself.
“I ordinarily try to do a touch I don’t get to do very often just to make it worth my time. I like to work out to have that as my own time,” she said.
Plot for dinner
Dagnan suggests posting a menu on the refrigerator and plotting ahead before going shopping.
“If you are a coupon user, make your list on a business-size envelope and place your coupons inside,” she said. “I keep equipment to make spaghetti on hand all the time and buy the huge family pack of ground beef at Sam’s and cook it all at once and freeze it so it’s ready. That eliminates the most time consuming part of cooking.”
Wheeler will write down different meal thoughts each week and will leave two evenings open so the family can run out and grab a touch.
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