Thank you for the replies and thoughts and prayers. I am feeling much better today.
I really wish I wouldn’t get so overwhelmed, and I had a long talk with my mom this morning on what I can do to keep those feelings to a minimum. I can definitely do things to help with the pressure …
Today, I started using the Daily Docket from Simple Mom (Jen, I recently discovered this site and love it, as well!) — I know, it’s ANOTHER thing to download and print and possibly fail at using, but I told myself I’d try it for a week. It’s not a list of things that someone else tells me to do – it’s simply a planner of sorts that I fill out with what I think I can get accomplished in one day.
And if I don’t get everything marked off, that’s okay!
The first day has gone okay. There are several things on my general plan that haven’t gone according to plan, but my hour of email/web time turned into 2.5 hours of work time with a little email/web time thrown in.
But I just put Emma down for her nap, and if it’s anything like yesterday, I’ll be able to get about 2 hours of cleaning and non-computer work in as soon as I sign off here.
I’m also utilizing a few other things from the Simple Mom website:
- online meal plans
- weekly master checklist
- Gmail – I already use this, but the efficiency of her way is working well for me
She has loads of other tools for productivity and organization (including an amazing home management notebook that I do plan to have eventually … when I get caught up on everything else) so if you’re like me and feel like you’re floundering, check out her site and see if at least one of her ideas will help you!
Wow, I totally didn’t mean to turn this into a post all about Simple Mom, but there you go.
Finding peace is a very personal thing. Some people find it with running. Some with taking a hot bath with a glossy magazine. Some with getting a pedicure. Some with reading the Bible. Those are all ways that I find peace, and I’ve fallen behind on all of them. I need to remember what brings me peace and make time for that in my day.
“Crawling in to a large hole without any idea where it leads, but she knows where she’s at right now & it can’t get any worse” ~storypeople
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One step at a time. I like simplemom but sometimes she’s one of those moms I compare myself to. I know she doesn’t claim to have all the answers but boy is she way organized. I do like her simplistic approach…makes it seem more doable.
Love the pic of the bird on a wire. What a fantastic teal blue color!
Jen: I agree. That’s why I have her on my Reader so I can see posts one at a time … if I feel like doing something she does, then great. But if not, I just skim/skip. I really try to remind myself that I only need to do one thing at a time — I will not be her tomorrow or next week or next month or next year.
Hey chica.
I’ve never checked your blog out before…I’m intrigued. ;) Lovely pictures!
Glad to see you’re feeling better about the whole thing. Just try to remember that you didn’t become a stay-at-home mom so that you could get that extra load of laundry done. Or vacuum one more room. I know I have to remind myself of that daily.
But I feel ya. When things get a bit out of sorts here, I start to feel anxious. I did FlyLady for a while (I know you tried it out, too), but lately that hasn’t been working, either. I just can’t manage the timeline thing. So I checked out simplemom (thanks for the suggestion, BTW), and made new lists for my Home Control Journal today. We’ll see how tomorrow goes, I guess.
Anyway… hang in there! By the look of sheer happiness on Emma’s face, I know you’re doing more in a day than you give yourself credit for.
;)
Oh, finding peace. Mine must be hidden somewhere under the bed with the cats and dust bunnies. I don’t even know where I find mine anymore, it feels like it’s been so long. :P
Beautiful pictures! :)