I talked my broker into letting me doing some marketing for our subdivisions. I asked to do it full time, but no dice. He agreed to pay me hourly up to 20 hours per week. OK....better than nothing. It will be extra money I can have fun earning! 20 hours a week will be a piece of cake, right?
Um, no. Between that, dealing with my real estate clients, dealing with other work drama, parenting, homework, working out, sleeping, keeping the house somewhat presentable, cooking, eating, laundry, blogging, and all the other million things I do I am finding I don't have any time for anything else. I don't have ANY time to relax. The magazines I get are stacked a foot high on the table. It has taken me a month to get through 1/2 of a book. My DVR is filling up with unwatched TV. It is erases an episode of House bad things are going to happen.
I know SuperMom is a myth. I have always prided myself in taking time FOR myself. Now that is falling by the wayside. I feel like I don't have any answers right now. I guess this post is just to vent. I probably should get back to work.
QUESTION: What time management tips do you have? How do you get it all done?
UPDATE: I finally set down at 9:30 tonight to read the paper and I found this article that sheds some light on my predicament. Turns out, multitasking is rotting my brain.
I don't know that I'm able to help you out of your predicament because I HATE lists, as necessary as they are, and I am by no means a master of time management. I prefer to live much more spontaneously. (At least that's the way I like to classify my procrastination, spontaneous sounds so much better) :) But I can reassure you from personal experience that once you finish school and Elle is a little older it will get better. You just have a LOT on your plate right now.
ReplyDeleteYou have to take time for yourself or you will go crazy. So it's just a matter of looking at what activities are the most important to you for your personal time. I cancelled all of my magazine subscriptions because they were piling up and collecting dust and I never had time to read them. I don't even miss them. If anything, it saved me money and the guilt I felt every time I walked past the growing stack. You can always pick one up at the store every once in a while if you need a fix and have the time to read one. I also cut way back on TV. And the only books I had time to read were textbooks and bedtime stories. Are you able to do any of your marketing duties while you're at work between clients and phone calls?
I hate to burst your bubble of hope, but unfortunately all this stress and confusion comes with mommyhood. (If somebody else has that magic answer of enlightenment, please fil me in, too!) But the light at the end of the tunnel is that it does get better. So just try to enjoy each day as much as you can, because she'll be graduating before you know it!
- Amanda Atwood