Elite Mom Planning Podcast - Time Management & Productive Routines

How many times does that huge to-do list cause you to give up? Give up on lists, give up on everything you want to accomplish, and drive you into survival mode instead?!

I have been there and done that! I know you understand.

Here is a cool trick to that crazy to-do list! Getting rid of it and replacing it with sticky notes instead.

For the 'how' and 'why' ... listen in on today's episode. (it's super easy!) And it will help make things more manageable.

You got this busy mom! 

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When you are neck-deep in working on your side hustle, or your part-time job from home or a volunteer position and lost all motivation to continue. 

Wondering why in the world you started in the first place ... 

Let's jump into this and find your motivation and inspiration to finish strong. 

It's easy to do, just hard to walk through. (there may be some ugly crying on the floor) But don't let it scare you because you got this, you can handle it. 

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FREE WORKSHEET TO START YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT: https://www.elitemomplanning.com/timemanagement/

When we have so much going on ...

When we have so much that we want to do ...

Where do we even start?

How do we create time for the things that we want to do that we know will change our lives?!

In today's epsiode I'll walk you through step-by-step how we can begin!

Let's jump in ...

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FREE WORKSHEET TO START YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT: https://www.elitemomplanning.com/timemanagement/

How easy is it to dream up and wish you could "one day" do an amazing dream your heart is set on doing. 

But then what?! 

... what about finding the time?

... what about when you're too tired to do the work?

... what about when the results don't come easy and you are running gout of patience? 

Then what?! 

How about setting the barrier for starting ... really low. Like ridiculously low. And have a reward at the end of that achievement.

Guess what?

You started! You achieved! 

Now go again. 

And it's these little, consistent motions forward that will turn your river of dreams into an ocean of reality! 

You've got this!

 

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There are these crazy points and time in our mom life that we have taken care of everyone else and #allthethings else around us that we've leftover care till last.

Worse than last, because frankly, we don't get around to doing it.

There is no time, effort, or energy enough to work on or work out ourselves.

Stress rising and anxiety moving faster than we can handle ... where do we start taking care of ourselves?

Two options are if we can make some time in the margins of our life, to work on it. Or if we can build our self-care right into the daily habits that we do.

Let's start! 

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Our thoughts direct how we feel and our feeling drives our actions.

What if you couldn't figure out how you feel let alone what you are thinking because everything is jumbled up inside your heart and mind?

Where would you start in trying to figure out what is going on?

Or take it a step back ... where would you even start to process what you are feeling today?

A simple answer that could be your next best thing ... journal therapy.

What is it?

Why is it important?

And how can you use this tool to find peace of heart and mind every day of your life? ... That's what we dive into in today's episode.

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Telling people "No" is a skill that we busy moms need to practice because most of the times we trade our self-care hours for saying yes to other people.

Whether we are asked to trade shifts, or to volunteer at our kid's school, or to work more hours, or take on another client, or to sign our kids up for another after school activity.

The endless list of "yes's" has us running around in circles.

How do we say "no"? Especially when face-to-face with people.

And why should we say "no"?

What is the true cost of saying "yes" all the time?

Saying "no" is a learned art that is so hard to do. Listen in on today's episode for the motivational why's and the practical how's.

You got this!

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There is nothing like the mad rush of school mornings that will frazzle any busy moms day.

What if we could take a little off our plate by getting organized the quick and dirty way for school lunches.

Not Pinterest Perfect!

A huge help in the kitchen would be to NOT make our kid's school lunches but to have them do it themselves.

It will be training and teaching.

It will be messy and flops.

It will be successful and independent decision making kids that we will train.

Thinking of this as step one and a precursor to doing their own laundry to cooking food to moving out and being successful adults!

Let's dive into tips and trick to get you organized for the kids to be successful at making their own school lunches.

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Morning routine and getting out the door is the number one thing that is most stressful about our elementary kids' school day.

How can we get more off our plate when there is so much to do. How about ... by teaching the kids to do things for themselves.

This step, I believe, helps the morning chaos but more importantly, it teaches our kids the skillset that they need in order to become grown full functioning adults in society.

Teaching our kids independence in getting ready for school is messy and hard to see the boundaries lines of when to step in and teach and when to step back and let them try.

But kids with their independence have the chance to be responsible to fail and learn and grow.

With independence, they are given the power to choose what is right for themselves. And no! we are not talking serious life-altering independence (i.e. like if they can take the car for a spin) but yes! let them chose between an apple and banana for lunch even though you know they hate bananas.

This is fantastic practice for the future 17-year-old version of son or daughter that is right around the corner.

Let's jump into independent actions our kids can take for school routine.

And yep, I advocate pack-your-own-lunches, for kids ;)

 

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Making goals for the new school year is what we are talking about today.

Goals make us aim for a life that we want instead of life just happening at us. And September is the perfect time to reset goals and have a fresh start.

What do you want the new upcoming school year to look like?

What do you want to do and accomplish this new school year?

What do you NOT want to do?

What about your kids?

What do you want them to accomplish?

Not that they have to live up to high academic exceptions and become a grade A+ student.

But that you and the kids have a school goal to aim for. i.e. to read with my Grade 2er most school nights before bed.

What is the most important thing that you can support your kids with this new school year?

Let's set some new school year goals! 

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