We've already established that we only have 24 hours in a day. You can't get more time, no matter what you do. But by working faster, you can zoom through tasks. Improving your speed means you can get more done in less time. Here are some tasks where you can increase your speed and efficiency. Typing How fast do you type? By increasing your speed, you'll be able to knock out your writing assignments faster. If you need help improving your typing speed, here's a post I wrote with ...
A to Z Guide to Working at Home with Kids
An A-Z Guide: W is for Work During Family Writing Time
It's hard to believe, but once I hit publish on this post, only three more are left in my A-Z Guide to Working at Home with Kids series! Today's tip is one of my favorite ways to get my writing for my blog done. It's to work during Family Writing Time. What Is Family Writing Time? Family Writing Time is a period of time each work day where everyone in my family works quietly. It's currently thirty minutes long. While I'm working on my blog posts, creating eBooks, or updating my course, my ...
An A-Z Guide: U is for Use Your Time Wisely
Are you a wise steward of your time? Or do you struggle with time management? Using your time wisely has tremendous impact on your ability to juggle your household tasks AND your growing business. After all, there are only 24 hours in a day. Here are some of the strategies I use to be proactive in time management. It doesn't always keep me from feeling overwhelmed with a mile-long to-do list, but it definitely helps! Have a Plan for Your Time I never get as much done on days I decide just to ...
An A-Z Guide: R is for Remain Flexible
What happens when your day doesn't go as planned? Are you reactive, grumpy, and hard to be around? Or do you remain flexible and just change your plans a bit? When you're working at home with kids, interruptions happen. Things rarely go just as you've planned. In the past few weeks, I've had to readjust my plans at times because: My Owen had a seizure and fell into the arm of bench, and needed to go to the doctor. The baby was teething and needed a bit more loving. A bee stung ...
An A-Z Guide: Noise Happens – Learn to Embrace It
Do you have to work in noise? Listen for a minute, and see what you hear. Right now, my three year old is banging a marker on the coffee table. The eight- and five-year-olds are having a discussion about what color a certain character really is. A movie is playing on my eleven year old's iPad. The seven-year-old is tapping a dry erase marker over the board, trying to figure out what to draw. And my little two year old is coloring Paw Patrol pictures next to me, saying the name of each ...
An A-Z Guide: M – Make Self-Care a Priority
It's hard work growing a business. And raising kids. Plus keeping the house clean enough to live in, and making sure everyone eats. Whew! It's easy to get burnt out. Today's tip is geared at keeping you sane, so you still have energy to tackle things. You must make time for you. Self-care isn't optional. Trust me, I tried to live like it was. I stayed up late and got up super early. Then I didn't take breaks when I should have. I kept pushing myself. When you put yourself on the ...