Time Management Tips for Mom's that Work

"Time Management Tips for WAHM's"

One of the biggest challenges of being a WAHM is time management. Sometimes it feels like 24 hours is not enough in a day. There are children to care for, laundry to do, floors to be vacuumed, mess to pick up, groceries to buy, meals to cook, dishes to wash, etc…. Oh, and then there’s that business to work!It may not be easy, but it isn’t impossible, either. By using some simple time management tricks, a WAHM can find time to “get it all done!”

SCHEDULE YOUR TIME

One thing every WAHM should have is a planner. Schedule your family time first! Then schedule in the time you are going to work your business. Once you have your “work time” scheduled, make it a priority to stay focused on your business during those hours. It is very easy to procrastinate when you are a WAHM.

If your work requires you to do lots of different tasks, try to group similar tasks together. For instance, if you are in a direct sales business and you have a team under you, designate one day to be your “training day”. Instead of helping various team members throughout the week, schedule all of your mentoring sessions for one day. Set aside an hour in the morning and an hour in the late afternoon to respond to email and/or return phone calls. By scheduling that time in, you will find that you are able to get more work done and feel less scattered.

OUTSOURCE

You might also consider outsourcing some of your activities. If you find that you are spending too much time on responding to email, returning phone calls, or updating your website, hire a virtual assistant to do those tasks for you. This will free your time up to work on your business, and by spending more time on the parts of your business that actually bring in money, you will be able to increase your profits.

PLAN YOUR MEALS

You can also save time by setting aside a block of time each week to do your “regular” errands, such as grocery shopping. If you plan your meals for the week and go to the grocery store once, you will save lots of time during the week by not taking those daily “quick trips to the market”. And while you are planning your meals, try to schedule a few “cook once, eat twice” days. For instance, you can plan on having spaghetti on Monday and tacos on Tuesday. So, on Monday, brown the hamburger you will need for both days. On Tuesday, half of your work will already be done. And if you are making a meatloaf or lasagna, make two and freeze one for later.
Here are 2 good resources that will ease some of your headache:

• Meal Planning Made Simple
  Stop getting frazzled every time lunch and dinner comes around. This will help get you planning your meals for each day of the week. Meal preparations become a breeze because you have a plan and are organized.
• Crock pot Cooking Made SimpleFree up some time by letting the crock pot do the cooking for you. With almost 500 recipes, say hello to hassle free cooking.

DELEGATE

Most importantly, do not feel as if you have to do it all by yourself. You are not a super hero. If you have a spouse or significant other, ask them to chip in on household chores. Children love to help out, and depending on their ages, there are multiple things they can do.

TAKE A BREAK

And when it is all said and done, don’t forget to take out some time for yourself. Everyone needs a break– WAHMs included!

Source: http://blog.valuebookshop.com/2011/time-management-tips-for-wahms/

10 Tips on How to Make the Most of your Time without Wasting your Time

1. Get enough rest,   eight hours is needed so that your body can handle the day.


2. Use a calendar to plan your day ahead of time.  Here is a couple google www.google.com/calendar and Cozi http://www.cozi.com/


3. Synchronize your calendar to your email and your mobile phone to send you alerts to remind you of your "to do list".


4.Put clients number in your mobile phone and put a "C" or "client" beside their name so that you will grab that important call.


5. Make symbols to prioritize your calendar for  those things that have the highest importance.


6. Keep these acronyms to stay focused. P-postpone E-eliminate R-reduce K-keep when you are planning your calendar.


7. Block off time for family, family is always important.


8.If you want your status updates and/ or blog posts to be sent out quickly to your social networks try ping.fm, www.ping.fm, they can be sent from your mobile and/or from the web.


9. If you are out and something comes across your mind as a "to do item" use your mobile phone to record it.


10.Forward your office phone to your mobile phone catch your office calls.


From: U.N.O. Uniquic Networking Online "Your Business is Our Business".

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Team Building

DO WE HAVE AS MUCH SENSE AS A GOOSE?

When you see geese heading south for the winter
flying along in a "V" formation you might be
interested in knowing what has been discovered
about why they fly that way.

It has been learned that as each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following.  By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own. (People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier, because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.)

Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone, and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front. ( If we have as much sense as a goose we will stay in formation with those who are headed the same way we are going.)

When the head goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point. ( It pays to take turns doing hard jobs - with people or geese flying south.)

The geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.

Finally (now I hope you understand this), when a goose gets sick, or is wounded by gunshot and falls out, two geese fall out of formation and follow it down to help protect it.  They stay with it until it is either able to fly or until it is dead and then they launch out on their own or with another formation to catch up with their group. ( If we have the sense of a goose we will stand by each other like that.) ~ Unknown Author

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