6 tips for dealing with a stressful week (before it starts)

6 tips for dealing with a stressful week (before it starts)

I don't know about you, but I have some weeks that feel like that last for 72 days. That's how I felt last week and by the time Friday rolled around I was done. I was exhausted, emotional, moody and generally unpleasant.

So this week I am falling back on some old tips that I have used in the past. These have helped me manage stressful weeks without going insane.

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How to be less busy: 5 tips to reclaiming your time and getting your life back

How to be less busy: 5 tips to reclaiming your time and getting your life back

Do you ever feel like you’re long on to do and short on time? I have spent so many months, years even, feeling that way. It wasn’t until recently that I came to fully understand the amount of control I actually did have over my time and how I spent it.

In fact, it seems like that is one of the things that I do have near-complete control over. Sure, I have small children and a husband, a business, and obligations. There is a mortgage and tummies that need to be fed, diapers that need to be changed. I get all of that.

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4 tips for maximizing your morning work time

4 tips for maximizing your morning work time

This week we have been talking about becoming a Work at Home Mom, what my journey has been like and some things you can do.

Yesterday I talked about how one of the ways I schedule in work time is by getting up a little earlier. I am not talking about 4:30 or 5 in the morning, although I have done that, I am talking about just 15-30 minutes before my kids get up.

You can accomplish so much, but you have to maximize that morning time.

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