Each day, I get a daily email from the website DailyOM. Sometimes the topic speaks to me; other times I see the subject line/title of the post and I know it’s not for me and I delete it. Last week, I got an email with the subject line “Simplify your schedule.” I couldn’t read it [...]
Category: busy
Unexpected wellness tools
I was thinking about this recently because I know I’ve been pretty vocal about my passion for productivity and time management tools. I’m a huge fan of Laura Vanderkam, a well-known writer on time management. She offers a lot of great tips in her books and on her blog. The other day, a light bulb [...]
Musings from a busy fall
Fall is always an active time in our household, with the start of a new school year, after school sports, Saturday cross country meets and getting ready for the holiday season. There’s a part of me that loves the fresh start of a new school year. There’s another part of me that hates it. There’s [...]
The Elementary School Drop-off and Pick-up Woes!
Dismissal time from school—ask many moms who pick their children up and the stories will just start. You’ll hear stories of people nearly getting hit people or of cars getting dinged. You might hear stories about parents yelling at each other or using hand gestures to communicate their frustrations to each other. You’ll hear about [...]
Ch-ch-ch-changes!
The spring semester is in full swing for me—so far so good. With the Martin Luther King holiday this past Monday, I haven’t even had a full two weeks of school. Ask me in a month how it’s really going, as it’s kind of hard to tell right now. One of the things I struggled [...]
Why I haven’t blogged much lately……
The end of the semester is near, and my first academic year back in college is almost complete. Between now and May 10, I have four projects due, two final exams and a paper due. My youngest dude also makes his First Communion on May 5. If I don't lose my mind, it will be [...]
"I’m so busy"
Let's face it--this statement probably comes out of many of our mouths quite a bit. Are we truly busy or do we just like to seem busy? When I was a SAHM, I used to think I was really busy. In reality, I wasn't managing my time well. I didn't always multi-task as well as [...]
