You cannot create more time in your day. It must be true. Everyone says it! We have 24 hours in which we have to eat, sleep, work, parent and play. We’re all basically doing the same thing, we just do it differently. I love reading how people spend their days,…
After DS2 was born we were really struggling to keep our house clean. DH and I were both working full time and even though I was on maternity leave, I was spending all day taking care of a baby and was spending all night up with said baby. I just…
I try to be a happy working mom, but let’s face it – I’m not always happy. Sometimes I am over-tired and stressed out. Sometimes I feel like I need a vacation from life. And sometimes I just want to stay in bed for the day. When I recently came…
Over the years I’ve had some frustrating days…. there never seemed to be enough time to do what needed to get done. Even the simplest task had the power to completely overwhelm me. As a result, I’ve been working hard to find ways to get things done within the least…
Now that my kids are getting older it’s harder to watch their every move. I want to make them into independent contributors, which means that I have to trust them. They are more than capable of getting themselves dressed, brushing their teeth and feeding themselves breakfast (see how we do…
As the summer goes on I’m finding it harder and harder to find time for my hobbies. It’s especially frustrating because I just finished reading “The Fringe Hours” by Jessica Turner. The premise of her book was that you will find the time to do the things you really want…
We’ve all had those hard days at work when we proclaim we’re leaving and not coming back. I know I have. But the problem always is that we have to come back. We cannot just get up and walk away forever. We need to pay bills and don’t want to…
