How Do You Do It?
To the moms out there who have things figured out, how do you do it?
If you hold a job, look after 2 kids, volunteer in at least one organization, regularly spend time with a hobby, and manage to keep an organized household, while still spending quality time with your husband, how do you do it?
If you are a stay-at-home parent, take care of 3 kids, have hot meals 3 times a day, keep your sink clear of dishes, work out regularly, see your friends once a week, and get 8 hours of sleep every day, while managing to teach your kids how to read, how do you do it?
My own mom may not believe this, but I have not worked so endlessly as I do now. And yet, there's always something that's left undone. I feel inefficient. Unorganized. Overrun with an endless to-do list. I am on-call 24 hours a day, even on weekends. Weekends? My weeks don't ever seem to end. And yet, everyday seems to be a workday Monday.
Maybe I need to streamline my methods or give up some things. I've got lots to learn about the business of being a SAHM.
If you hold a job, look after 2 kids, volunteer in at least one organization, regularly spend time with a hobby, and manage to keep an organized household, while still spending quality time with your husband, how do you do it?
If you are a stay-at-home parent, take care of 3 kids, have hot meals 3 times a day, keep your sink clear of dishes, work out regularly, see your friends once a week, and get 8 hours of sleep every day, while managing to teach your kids how to read, how do you do it?
My own mom may not believe this, but I have not worked so endlessly as I do now. And yet, there's always something that's left undone. I feel inefficient. Unorganized. Overrun with an endless to-do list. I am on-call 24 hours a day, even on weekends. Weekends? My weeks don't ever seem to end. And yet, everyday seems to be a workday Monday.
Maybe I need to streamline my methods or give up some things. I've got lots to learn about the business of being a SAHM.
posted by Jadevine @ 8:49 PM
2 Comments:
At 3:24 AM,
ning said…
hi jadevine. since i've learned about your blogs, i've wondered how you manage your time, considering you have a toddler to take care of, and all by yourself in doing house chores. i have a 9-month old baby and my 24 hours a day is never enough to squeeze in the many things to do in the house.
i do blogging only when my son is asleep, and in my lap, enabling me to type thousands of words with only one hand -- two fingers to be exact. how much time in a day do you devote to internet/blogging/email/etc.?
At 4:40 PM,
Jadevine said…
Considering how long I took to answer your comment, I don't seem to manage my time very well. :)
I've had to give up time for other pursuits, in order to blog. Instead of scrapbooking, for example, I blog to relax. I do have to make time to write at my professional blog. So I spend at least 1 hour "at work" everyday. Mostly, I do it after the little one's asleep, at the cost of not getting enough sleep myself. :)
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