When we talk about time management for a woman, a mother, who works both at home and outside, we are referring to the great managers of life! It is not so evident and easy to manage our personal lives. I’m talking about myself, a woman = an individual.
We invest so much in others, having partial or full responsibility for their well-being, that we often forget our own selves. Thus, all our time goes to others, leaving nothing for us. And when we do have time left, we feel either guilty thinking we do not dividing tasks properly or because we think they were done incompletely.
When we wake up, we usually take care of our breakfast and our children, we check if they are well-dressed, if the lunch box is complete, did they take water? And there we go, with the mission to take our treasures to school or daycare. Then we go to our work or studies, or if we stay at home, we have to tidy the house, do the laundry, dry it, put it away (this takes time), is there lunch? If not, prepare lunch.
We already think in algorithms: every 4 days, wash the water pitcher, if there is no lunch: prepare food, stop at a certain time for the meeting, complete a sequence of tasks within a time range.
After taking a Time Management course, I noticed in my schedules that there was no time left for me! And that is fundamental! When is the time to relax, to exercise, to have more time for spirituality? How can we manage everything if our motherboard is not working well? And what if your memory is full?
Delegate more, breathe more, start the week with your entire schedule already planned; this makes life much easier, especially for a mom. We also want to feel taken care of, with manicured nails, hydrated hair, in good physical shape, and feeling useful and responsible in our work environment.
Having our non-negotiable agreements to maintain mental health and better productivity at work is something I started and proved to be essential for taking care of ourselves. I can no longer lose nights, so I decided to sleep at the latest by 11 p.m., wake up between 5:40 and 6:30, exercise, read more, have more time to relax and talk to the divine, not be a perfectionist: do, even if it’s a little, take more care of my body!
See yourself and realize there is an individual who needs your attention: You! Continuing to follow a dream, to work, and to be a mother, daughter, wife, does not mean self-sacrifice.
When we manage our time better, we are less stressed and can better channel our productivity towards urgent and important things, and if we couldn’t do that task that wasn’t urgent, we move it to the next day, following the Eisenhower matrix in all aspects of life; after all, unforeseen events happen.
Eliminate guilt and, in its place, insert action. Even if it’s just 10 minutes of relaxation.
I continue from here, managing my time and my life, being the protagonist of this beautiful journey that is our life here on earth, so fleeting but at the same time, full of interesting experiences and long for those who seek wisdom and well-being! There are many options for choosing to be happy, one of them, and perhaps the main one, is: Make time for yourself!
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