This week’s project for Home Management: Simplified & Streamlined was tracking time. Since I was out of town at the beginning of the week, I only tracked my time on Wednesday and Thursday.
Thanks to tracking time, I’ve been more intentional about how I spend my time. I knew I was spending too much time just checking e-mail/Facebook/Twitter and through tracking time I have been more conscious about using my time wisely.
Since I have been avoiding time wasters, these past 2 days have been productive yet fun! I am getting chores done with time to spend playing with the boys, reading and swimming.
Here’s a run down of how I spent my time:
Wednesday
8:25 – Wake, start laundry, get Paxton breakfast
8:45 – Nurse Weston, check e-mail, Facebook and Feed Reader while nursing.
9:10 – Boys playing, work in kitchen
10:00 – Nurse Weston, read to Paxton
10:20 – Back in the kitchen juicing, making pickles and baby food
11:30 – Nurse Weston
11:45 – Clean up Paxton’s accident {he’s potty training!}
12:15 – Lunch, friend stopped by for a few minutes, laundry, nurse Weston
2:00 – Wash dishes, make pear sauce, laundry
3:00 – Fold laundry
3:15 – Nurse Weston
3:45 – Put boys down to rest, fold laundry, update finances
4:30 – Finish nursing Weston
4:45 – Laundry, pick up
5:30 – More house tidying
I stopped tracking at 5:30 since I view this as the end of my ‘work’ day. When my husband gets home, the only thing I worry about is dinner, cleaning up after dinner and spending time with him and the kids!
Thursday
8:30 – Wake, feed Paxton, nurse, check e-mail/Facebook/Feed Reader
9:05 – Get more food for Paxton, put away dishes, wash dishes, fill up water pitcher
9:50 – Get dressed, play with Weston
10:00 – Computer work in boys room while they play
10:45 – Nurse
11:20 – Tidy up master and boys room, laundry
11:45 – Play
12:15 – Lunch and clean up
12:50 – Put on swimming suits, swim, dry off
1:35 – Nurse, read to Paxton
2:00 – Get boys settled for naps
2:15 – Boys down for naps, fold laundry
2:20 – Transcribing work
2:50 – Blog work
4:00 – Weston awake, nurse, reading while nursing
4:50 – Paxton awake, get him changed, play with him
5:05 – Blog work
5:30 – Dinner, clean up
I felt like Thursday was more productive and fun. I think it’s because I only nursed Weston 4 times in 9 hours instead of 6 times like I did Wednesday! This was a good day for all of us, I spent quality time with the boys, was able to do a little work {transcribing}, blogged and kept the house tidy.
Keeping track of the way you spend your time is the place to start if you want to establish a routine and avoid wasting time.
Be sure to visit Mary Jo at Covenant Homemaking to read about what she learned this week while tracking her time.
Week 2 Project: Create a Time Budget
When you set a budget, you tell your money where to go. The same concept applies when creating a time budget, you need to tell your time where to go. Spend time this week budgeting your time.
For more information on time budgets, read Create a Time Budget.
I got tired just reading all you were able to accomplish those days! Well done!
Thank you! This has made me realize how much time is used up by getting on the internet 10-20 minutes here and there throughout the day! Hopefully I'll stay disciplined and schedule computer time! 🙂