Comments on: MY SNOOZE BUTTON BROKE

By: QUINOA WITH VEGGIES

QUINOA WITH VEGGIES — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 02:06:21 +0000

[…] work is CRUCIAL for me. I have learned this the hard way. (I talk about my work lunch disasters in this post.) And quinoa with veggies is one of my very favorite things to prepare on Sunday for the week […]

By: The Middle Sister

The Middle Sister — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:07:27 +0000

I literally just laughed out loud when I read the description of your zombie sit. I have seen it and could picture it in my head! As far as prioritizing, you know I am just as much of a control freak and perfectionist as you are. When I became a single mom and started working I had to let go of so much. I realized what were the NEW priorities in my life and believe it or not, my kitchen floor being scrubbed by hand every week didn’t make the list. So I decided it wouldn’t kill my kids (your husband) to help with the cleaning and laundry (and it might actually help prepare them for life) and what was more important was to enjoy my life and teach my kids that was important too. The heart issues in our family should also remind you of what’s important and that life is too short to sweat the small stuff.

By: completelycaroline

completelycaroline — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 02:29:28 +0000

Thanks, Sam–I miss you and the rest of the girls, too! Good tips… I really need to work on the whole prioritizing thing.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:12:45 +0000

As a former roommate this makes me miss you.

I’m terrible at this. Now I’m a WAHM and everything is dependent upon my motivation, scheduling, and self-discipline…. it’s worse. I actually do put EVERYTHING on my calendar in blocks. In the blocks of time I put short to-do lists of related tasks. This helps me to have some flexibility (with a toddler that’s important) and still feel like I’m somewhat in control.

The biggest thing, though, is letting things go in favor of something more important. I set my priorities and then mentally take a minute to let go of what I need to let go of. This is often accepting that my dishes won’t be done because I have to get a project for work finished.

Other things I do: plan a week at a time, live by my todo list, and say no to commitments that are less important than what I already have going on.

Love the blog!

By: Andrea Corbin

Andrea Corbin — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 03:02:25 +0000

Uhm….let me think! I think the thing that works for me is knowing what things I need to have fixed before I need them, and then forcing myself to do them when I don’t want to. Also, I just have to go to bed when I’m tired…but that’s probably just because I’m getting old…er!