By Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore
Even if money and time are tight, you can have a wonderfully rich and full Thanksgiving. All it takes is a little organization and some willingness to let go of the need to do everything.
Sarah on “Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth”
“My mom is an incredible en… Continue
Time Management Starts at Home. Remember:
Homework 101: Your child’s most influential learning environment is? http://www.examiner.com/x-2016-Parenting--Education-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Homework-101-Your-childs-most-influential-learning-environment-is
Time Management is a major key to independent learning. Learning to set a schedule, and keep it, is important skill that needs nurturing. (Slide show provides a To-Do list for students.)
Young children are simply not conscious of time. Parents tell… Continue
Added by Rhonda Cratty on October 13, 2009 at 7:27pm —
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So…you are going through a divorce and navigating the waters of co-parenting, custody, financial transition and the feelings of isolation and overwhelm.
At the same time, you need to manage your job, your children and their schedules, your social life, your health and wellness, your family and the possibility of a new relationship.
And you wonder, how am I supposed to do all of this?
Have you ever felt that way?
I have….many, many times! And…I am happy to say, that I have learned how to mana… Continue
Added by Laura Campbell on October 7, 2009 at 12:29pm —
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Do you feel as if one part of you is at war with the other? With all good intentions to master our weight, health and well-being, we can feel as though our efforts are being sabotaged by both our own state of mind as well as multiple outside influences.
It can seem impossible to gain control of 'feeling good'. But it is possible to feel relief, to feel free to enjoy happy thoughts and pursue other life goals knowing that we have a Foundation of Wellness under our feet. OK, it takes some work. B… Continue
Added by Tatiana Abend on September 20, 2009 at 7:42am —
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How much is your time worth? Not sure?
Ask any part-time employee and they will tell you: $9.50/hour (or whatever their wage is). Hourly workers know the value of their time.
Successful salespeople who work on commission know the value of their time. Some salaried workers, particularly the successful ones, know the value of their time.
But what about you?
It’s a different story for the online business owner! You probably work more than eight hours during the day (or night) and then think abou… Continue
Change is a constant, isn’t it? I don’t usually MIND change, but when the change isn’t a “positive” change I have to deliberately and consciously manage the change to keep from getting discouraged.
As we continue to slog through the economic downturn I’ve reached a decision. Our weekly trips to the horse barn are going to stop for a while. Little Miss gets three therapies on the same day each week at the barn. I have seen improvement in her physical stability, her thought organization, cognitio… Continue
Added by Lynn Rickert on August 31, 2009 at 2:26am —
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Time is a-tickin.' Don't you have something to do? You know, cleaning, paying bills, and running errands... all the fun stuff. Time to get some motivation and organization and forgo procrastination! Ah, who are we kidding? Everyone procrastinates, and it's difficult to get into the habit of good time management. And is procrastination really all that bad? Rebecca Woolf of G… Continue
Added by Momversation on July 15, 2009 at 11:15am —
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When you make the leap to work from home, you'll find you are given the gift of time. This can be a joyous awakening that creates the space you need to live the life of your dreams and allows you to plan your day according to your own desires and goals.
It can also be a major pitfall, because often for the first time, there's no one else running your agenda. There's no boss, no manager, no project deadline given to you by someone else. How you spend your time is entirely up to you -- and if you… Continue
Added by Sue Papadoulis on July 13, 2009 at 7:56pm —
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This past week, I finished my newest book, Finding Time To Care for Me: A Nurse's Guide to Self-Care. I co-authored this book with Lorna Imperial, an amazing entrepreneur that owns an International Travel Agency and was an RN for many years. Together, we co-created this amazing project.
My message this week is regarding being consistent. One of the questions that I get asked all the time by other mothers and entrepreneurs is, "How do you do it all? How do you manage a household of five… Continue
Living a life out of balance can become a habit. A life that lacks focus and direction will soon become unbalanced. When this repeatedly happens this unbalance actually becomes the norm. It can begin to feel comfortable. One major area that tends to quickly become unbalanced is your da… Continue
Added by Robin Wright on July 2, 2009 at 4:11pm —
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Disciplining yourself when working from home is difficult enough without the added responsibility of caring for young children. Add into the equation distraction from neighbors, routine household chores and extra-sensory stimulation (read, just your day-to-day usual household excessive decibel level noise) and you get the picture. The most challenging of the above is how to deal with getting your progeny to respect your office time. Here’s a few secrets. (… Continue
Have you ever heard of the story of the Jar?
It goes like this:
Take one jar,
fill it with the biggest rocks that will fit in until it’s full…..
then add gravel until it’s full
then add sand in to fill the cracks…..
top it off with water until it’s full.
What does a jar full of bigger rocks, gravel, sand and water really mean?
You can look at it in reference to your life and or business.
The bigger rocks symbolize the important things in your life or work. The things that should be don… Continue
Added by Jodi on March 31, 2009 at 2:59pm —
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Since I’ve started blogging as a WAHM, things have changed with the speed of light. Twitter has taken off as the new Web 2.0 social networking site.
Best described as a micro blogging platform, each time you tweet an update you’re limited to 140 characters. Soon you’ll become a Twitter addict like me, and as you become more experienced, you’ll easily become amazed at just how much you information you can fit into such a small space. You even begin to think in terms of 140 characters! (… Continue
Time Management for the Rest of Us!
Do you struggle with managing your time? Let me offer some assurance, you are not alone! As spring approaches I begin to feel certain pressures to accomplish various tasks that I know are going to place an additional burden on my time, as if I have any spare time. Planning activities for the kids during spring break, spring cleaning, Easter, searching for summer camps and other activities to keep the little ones busy, family vacations, summer visitors, the lis… Continue
Added by Karen Stinchfield on March 17, 2009 at 7:00pm —
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As a parent of two grown daughters, I’m very familiar with teenage spending habits. One can well imagine the peer pressure placed upon young girls when they’re in middle school and high school. It seems every Saturday they’re encouraged to make a pilgrimage to the mall.
As the economic crisis hits our wallet and savings accounts hard, it in turn significantly affects the relationship our kids have with money.(… Continue
Sabrina had a bowl cut. When she visited my neighbors (my dad’s only friends in the U.S. from Lebanon) she used to strut up and down the plain, concrete sidewalk of Vista Ridge apartments never minding the cracks. So what if she stepped on the cracks? What did she care if her mother’s back got broken? Sabrina was tough. She epitomized tomboy. I would sit on the sidewalk and watch her, this girl my age who knew everything about being a guy. I’d tuck my hair into a baseball cap and squint at her f… Continue
Added by shawnamawna on February 25, 2009 at 11:24am —
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Have you ever been stressed even when you're well relaxed?
Stress is unavoidable in life, it is important to find ways
to reduce stress, prevent stressful incidents and decrease
negative reactions to stress.
One key area to focus on in managing and reducing stress is
time mana
A few times a day or maybe a few times a week, someone is going to say something to you or about you, that is going to make you want to unleash a verbal smack down on them. This may or may not help the situation. The one thing that does is to talk about it or my personal favorite, the art of venting. I like to call it, giving a good verbal smackdown.
Venting is not only therapeutic when done correctly, it also helps you practice a solution and keep your sanity. Here are 3 steps you can follow t… Continue
Added by Erica on February 13, 2009 at 9:44am —
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I've just written three more articles about Twitter.
Twitter tips for Newbies
Twitter is a fantastic social networking tool that can explode your business. That being said, Twitter can be a little overwhelming and confusing to someone who is just starting with it. There are many who are getting on the ban wagon to start using Twitter, unfortunately there really isn’t any written i… Continue