Sometimes we are asking ourselves, "How can I do all this?", "Work at home and take care of my family?", "My kids, my home and my husband?", "Can I take this risk?".
Well if you do not try, you will never know how challenging is your life and how much you can handle. I want to guide you threw some tips. On organizing your life and work, and how to balance your work so it doesn't have to be so challenging and stressful.
First of all, stop reminding yourself of all the things you have to do, this will drain your brain and never have your mind clear to complete your daily tasks. Don't hurt yourself so much with this take it easy and step by step. There are a lot of ways to make life more easy and even fun, work at home can be fun and exciting only if you make it this way. It is up to you, to make it fun and worth staying at home and working. Let's start with bases.
Make a list of all the thing you know you need to have done. If you can make this list and make some copies it will be even better. Add a copy on your refrigerator, next to your bed, and even next to your office. You can make a list anyways from 1-10 or from 10-1 start from least important to urgent or vice versa. Ok I want to make a list with you on some things I know a mom who works at home must try to get done before she sits on her pc and work or visits customers.
1) Every night make sure all your dishes and washed and your sink has not even one plate. This way when you wake up in the morning your kitchen is bright and clean. All you have to do is make your nice and hot cup of coffee or tea.
2)Check your kids room
3)Go to your living room and check under the seats for papers even if you find the smallest paper just pick it up... remember clutter begins from the least and smallest paper.
4)After you see that you have settled your home enough to relax then go with the daily tasks list. Remember to try and add everything without overwhelming yourself. You want to try and make your days fun and enough time for your family, not stressed and drive yourself crazy repeating what you have to do, set your mind to this specific task til it's done, then you move on to the next one.
And very important, do not make the list for a month and very long, make a daily list, do not add a lot of tasks you need time to work and pamper yourself, make the list short and fast. Do not make everything everyday, leave a little for the next day, this way you give yourself credit every time you reach that goal.
5)While kids are in school, try and make everything on time, if you have orders just place them, fillers, catalogs, etc... try and make everything on time so you can give yourself at least an hour to have mommy time, maybe drink a tea and hot bath, bubbles, candles, nice soft music and very important, meditate this helps clear your mind. And balance your eating habits, sometimes stress and daily tasks can create a eating disorder, and this is not healthy.
6)Prepare dinner early, this is something I do early in the morning. When I wake up I take out the meat from the freezer and start making my coffee, by 12:00 noon I start putting it in the microwave and seasoning it, this way by 2:00 I am already starting to make it, believe me sometimes the kids are already eating by 3:30 or 4:00 and this helps a lot because I have my kitchen clean and organized at 6:00pm and have a lot of time for myself and even watch a movie with the kids.
7)Laundry wow, I know this tasks can really be irritating, but what I do is make my laundry and as soon as it is dry I fold and put away, this way I prevent staking of clothes around and then have more chores. It sounds hard and a lot of trouble but I am sure the best way to have all on time in your home and work is doing it, don't say I have to do this just stand up and do it, remember to draw a line from your list so you can know what you have done already, this helps you feel happy for reaching your goal this day.
The idea is to enjoy your tasks and work enough that you can sit and breath and enjoy your time.
