In an effort to organize my time (and be sure I actually get things done during the day!), I attempted a daily/weekly schedule. It looked something like this:
6:30 morning routine (things like making the bed, making David's lunch, breakfast, etc)
7:00 quiet time
7:30 gym
10:00 shower
10:30 household tasks (actual chores - vacuuming, laundry, etc)
11:30 desk work (making appointments, budgeting, grocery list making, etc)
12:30 lunch
1:30 household taks (things I enjoy more than chores - organizing, decorating, etc)
2:30 free time (TV, interwebs, etc)
4:00 prep for David to come home (get the home fires burning, start dinner, etc)
5:30 dinner
6:30 gym
8:30 free time
9:30 evening routine (tidy up, prep for tomorrow, etc)
10:00 quiet time
Recently, I switched morning quiet time with morning routine so that my quiet time is the first thing I do in the mornings. However, I have recently realized that I am not an early riser. I hear time and time again that I need to rise with my husband and go to bed with my husband. I just can't seem to rouse at 6:30. I didn't think this would be an issue because this was the time I woke up all through high school. I guess after years of not getting up at 6:30 are working against me now. So, needless to say, that morning quiet time wasn't even happening.
So I'm attempting to develop a new paradigm regarding my time at home. Perhaps more of a list. And baby steps - definitely baby steps.
- Step 1: Get up at 7:00 am.
- Step 2: Make a list of three tasks that MUST be done each day. And do them.
- Step 3: Go to bed at 11:00 pm.
Three steps that I can take to win back my time. I find that the more emphasis I put on something, the less likely I am to do them. Weird, I know.
In other news, the new Breaking Dawn trailer is out! I'm so excited but so sad to see the franchise come to an end. I know when I finished the books, I felt so...sadly...empty. Haha! So we'll see how I do with the movies. All I know, is it will be epic! How they are going to cram all that into two two hour movies, I have no idea! :)
