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Three Ways To Save a Little Time Each Day
You know that person who always seems to have time for everything? You know the one? the PTO President, room mom, Girl Scout AND Boy Scout Leader, Booster Club Member, Ladies? Sodality Member, Soccer mom of 10 kids who always talks about the latest book she read and donates 10 quilts to the school fundraiser each year? Yeah? HER!
Well, I am not quite a busy as she is, but I am pretty darn busy. I am constantly getting asked how I do it all. I typically say something funny like, ?Who knows!?? Seriously, though? I do have a few tricks up my sleeve that I am going to share with you.
#1 ? PLAN YOUR MENU!
I know that you are wondering how on earth adding an EXTRA task to your to do list can help you save time? but, it honestly can. If your menu for the week or month is basically laid out, you don?t have to fret over it each night. You know what to purchase at the grocery store, what to pull out to defrost, or what to load into the crock-pot. Plus, you save money because you aren?t having to order take-out or make last minute runs to the grocery store. 🙂
#2 ? DON?T WASTE WAIT TIME!
We all have those ridiculous time wasters, USE THEM! Doctor’s Office, Vet, School Pick Up Lines, Sports Practice? take things with you: phone calls to make, bills to pay, correspondence, notebook for brainstorming and drafting posts, crafts, magazines, your menu planning materials, etc. *Also be sure you aren?t adding extra wait time to your schedule! Make doctor’s appointments for everyone on the same day!
#3 ? MINIMIZE TELEVISION USAGE!
If you can?t give up your shows, find something you can do during them. Even if you only watch television 1 hour a day, you are losing 365 hours a year! How many hours are you wasting in front of your electronic box? CSI, CSI NY, and CSI Miami waste 3 hours a week. 🙂 Idol and Survivor add three more hours. Seriously, think about it.
Maximize commercials! Did you know that the average 60 minute show has 18 minutes of commercials? What can you do in 2 and 2? Rotate a load of laundry, wash a load of dishes, pull out supper for next night, iron a couple shirts, do some jumping jacks, etc. 🙂
Kelli writes tips and tricks to being a fit, stay at home blogger who parents (or parent who blogs? LOL!) at 3 Boys and a Dog. She also has a weekly ?Blogging Basics? series that everyone should check out. 🙂
