Time Management.....how, what, where?

I have had this same problem recently
I have just banned myself from looking at the computer until all housework is done for the day - I have had to be hard on myself otherwise nothing gets done
I also only come on here now when Sam is in bed so that I spend more time with her during the day!
Oh, and I have also set a goal to get out of the house everyday (weather depending obviously) for a walk or to the park etc

Lists!

I write a list of a few things I really want to get done with my day (These can be jobs and fun stuff like going to the park) and then restrict myself to OHbaby! visits only when I have crossed things off of there.
I am allowed to pop in when I have stopped for a snack or drink, but only for the duration of that.
I'm a bit of a nutter, but I LOVE crossing things off the lists and feel so virtuous when its all done!

make a plan for the day - just like at work set yourself break times and times for say the dishes or the vacuuming and computer time etc...

You could try and use a certain day of each week to do certain jobs. For instance every thursday night I thoroughly clean and mop the kitchen, bathroom, toilet & laundry.

If the washing builds up (as it tends to do in my house) I pick a night when there's good stuff on tv and I pull the laundry baskets into the lounge and fold and put away everything.

My non-negs every evening before I allow myself to do anything is doing the dishes and wiping down bench tops in the kitchen and tidying the lounge.

I'm only home at night so I guess that makes time management easier as their are less hours to be distracted but when I was home fulltime I had a self created and enforced "roster" which included internet time, cleaning time, meal time & nap time (I miss my daytime naps). I found it good to have certain routines that worked in with playtime too - eg. every afternoon I'd put on a cd, put Michaela in her jolly jumper and fold and put away my washing while signing and dancing for her.

Edited by MrsMojo

I need a bigger washing basket....that will solve one problem (hehehe....then i wouldnt need to fold so often) actually I would need two. At the moment the one with clean clothes in it gets dumped in a pile on the lounge floor so we can hang out more clothes. and then I get side tracked and the little monster climbs through all the clothes.

I need to get totally on top of everything and start a fresh....but that never happens.

Nikki, I soo understand your problem. But I have managed to get on top of things by making myself do things BEFORE I get wrapped up in the computer.

When I get up in the morning, I feed the kids breakfast and while they're eating I do the dishes (if haven't been done from night before). I then make myself breakfast and while eating it I jump on the laptop. Have a lurk around, post if I have anything to say, check emails etc and then I feel satisfied that I've caught up on everything. Then I do the washing and dress the kids. Then its my shower time and generally just before I have a shower I check the net again. Maybe you could try having ONE day a week without going on the net (Yes, easier said than done), but you'll probably find you have SOOO much time on your hands!

That way, I'm getting things done, but still having my fix of the net inbetween.

I think the above suggestions are really helpful, and if you want to get on top of things, then that's the way to do it.

Edited by Italiah

I write lists and I also don't turn the computer on until half the list is done.

Lists sound like a great idea.  Do you think it would work if I gave one to my husband too?  Ha ha 

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