Most people wonder how I manage to do so much. I used to refer them to the cliche that we all have the same twenty four hours in the day and that you have to make better use of your time.
The truth is, it’s hard some days and, as the older folks would say,”just keep on living”. Turns out, we don’t (technically) have the same twenty four hours in a day. We can easily stretch our hours by delegating the work load ultimately duplicating hour by hour depending on what we are doing.
That’s the trick. Yeah there are only twenty four hours in a day but if I am able to hire a cleaning company to do my two o clock chores then I can do my three o clock reading at two giving me free time at three. Does that make sense?
Now, while I don’t have a cleaning company, yet because it’s definitely on my list, I do have a husband and older children that I may delegate some things to like folding the laundry or taking out the trash.
Contrary to popular belief though, I rarely call on my children because I aim to stay away from the idea that my older children raise my younger children. Tuh. I gotta pay these jokers for a favor. Outside of keeping their room clean and doing their schoolwork that are moochers. And I mean that in the most loving way possible. But seriously, what helps me most is structure. Not too much because I want my children to enjoy their childhood. The structure is for me. If I sleep in then I need to expect the workload to be heavier because now I have fewer hours to get everything done. Accountability is a big deal to me so I can’t get mad at anyone but myself if I don’t get the things done that I planned on doing in a timely manner.
I give myself grace though because I know I put a lot on myself so when I rest I have zero guilt about it. I am never too busy for me.
Being a wife and mother isn’t always easy but it doesn’t have to be hard.
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