Please tell me that you schedule your life routine because if you aren't this can be why you cannot schedule some time for yourself..."Me Time Me, Please.”
Story time: My husband and I tried for almost 10 years to have our children. As long as our journey was I just knew that I would have my children on a schedule whenever I became a mother. I didn't know how, but I came up with a plan. I decided to work at a daycare center to see how to care for infants. The great thing about it is that the daycare had the children on a feeding and sleeping schedule. This was a great way to learn the needs of the child when I become a mother. I moved around from the infant room to the toddler room. It was a great experience for me. As I took the steps to learn before having my own children, I clearly saw that the kids' downtime was my downtime to do what needs to be done. Read a book or meditate. If you are not scheduling you are missing out and I know it can be time consuming when planning out your day. The point is trying to be as consistent as possible. At first I was not perfect when it came to following a schedule but I knew this is something I needed to do to keep my sanity. Well let me say I wanted to keep my sanity because when something is a need. It becomes a chore and we all know how we feel about chores at times. It feels like a force and my goal was to enjoy being a mother since that’s what I was seeking for so long. I refused to take my frustration out on my children I desperately wanted. I would love to share some ways you can start off scheduling especially if you are a stay at home mom. The reason why I say especially stay at home moms. Because you are with your children all day long, it is a must for you to take advantage of scheduling your daily routine on the daily. Now before I get into the different ways of scheduling. I have experienced a few ways of scheduling my daily routine on the daily. There will be times that I will fall off my routine and that’s perfectly fine. If you are not used to scheduling your day, it will be changeling for you. The point of this is to be consistent and to know when you can add your “me time” into your daily schedule. I have tried different ways to schedule my routine but the one I want to talk about is TIME BLOCKING. What is time blocking? Time blocking is a planning method that divides your day into smaller blocks of time. During each block of time, you focus on a single task or a group of similar tasks. The process is simple. Unlike a to-do list, time blocking not only tells you what to do but when to do it.I know I know looking at this sampled schedule looks like a hot mess and such a disaster. Breathe and release. Please have an open mind and allow me to guide you through Heaven.
Why does Time Blocking work and why is this way of scheduling your daily routine for you? Time blocking is something like a to do list but the to do list doesn't have a time placed for you to follow your to do list. So likely you will be all over the place and have no clue what to do throughout your daily routine. So you can at least schedule your me time within the things you have to do on a daily basis. Now you may or may not be able to have your "Me Time" scheduled for the same time during the week and that's okay. But the goal is to schedule some "Me Time" for you.
Check this out the goal is to have at least 2 hours of "Me Time" within a day. You may be side eyeing me right now, but it is possible. This is the reason you need to invest your time into time blocking. It will save your life and you will find sanity again. Time blocking works because it requires a weekly review of your schedule to prioritize tasks. Prioritizing will allow you to do what needs to be done and not overwork yourself and be able to do all things that need to be done that day. As I stated before it is like a to do list but there's a time slot when you focus on your to do list.
Wow, I know that video was long, but when we want to make a change. We will do what we have to do. I really hoped you learned a lot from the video on how to plan your day verses the traditional way. Later on within this fabulous blog I will show you different ways on how I plan my routines. I want to give you an introduction to "Time Blocking" Please keep in mind you do not have to use Google Calendar to plan. Google
Calendar is popular since most have a Google email address.
Please share your experience with me in the comments below I will love to know your experience when time blocking your life. I am a woman of structure and order. Scheduling has changed my life for the better and I am not looking back. Thank you so much for taking out the time to read Me Time Me, Please two sense.
