By Mary Segers
Getting your home time management under control is probably what you would consider one of your biggest challenges, right? From my experience, however, while making change is undeniably difficult, what's even more so is making that change last.
You know what I'm talking about... one week you made sure to create meals from a weekly meal plan and were amazed at how much smoother the week ran, but it only lasted that one week. Or, you taught your son to clean the bathroom and he did great but once the newness wore off for him he didn't care to do it and you didn't struggle with him. Finally, you... grudgingly... put it back on your
ever-growing to-do list.
ever-growing to-do list.
And you tend to stay in this cycle of making change, needing to make change, making change, needing to make change. And life, meanwhile, is just miserable because nothing ever gets permanently fixed.
So are there specific steps you can take to create lasting change?
I say, yes there are and, furthermore, unless you follow those steps you're going to keep going round and round in circles without ever seeing real and lasting change in your life.
These steps are:
- Examine (Briefly) Your Current Problems
- Identify What Changes You Want to Make
- Figure Out Your First Area of Focus
- Create Your Action Plan
- Put Your Plan into Action
Now, let's just lightly touch on each one.
Home Time Management Step #1: Examine (Briefly) Your Current Problems
This is an absolute must and you really need to do this first. Make an honest list of all that needs changed in how you manage your time at home. For instance, say you run out of ideas for dinner and really struggle with what to fix night after night after night. You know this is a problem that, if solved, would make your life so much easier and more enjoyable.
An honest assessment in this area will help set the blueprint which you'll then work from.
Home Time Management Step #2: Identify What Changes You Want to Make
This is the fun part. Take those problems and turn them into solutions. For instance, with the above problem the change you'd want to make would be to create meals from a weekly meal plan.
Home Time Management Step #3: Figure Out Your First Area of Focus
Some people can focus on more than one area at a time... many cannot. Since I don't know you I'm going to strongly suggest you figure out which of these areas you want to focus on first and then don't waver. Focus will get you results much quicker than multitasking. Pick the one area that'll make the most impact in your life.
Home Time Management Step #4: Create Your Action Plan
Now it becomes a little harder (but still doable) because you have to take into account your strengths and weaknesses along with your lifestyle. You have to really know yourself so that you can set yourself up for success. Don't plan to fit housecleaning into a 6 a.m. time slot when you know you aren't even going to be turning over much less up and ready for action.
Home Time Management Step #5: Put Your Plan into Action
Nothing's going to change without action. Nothing! While you can set yourself up for success or for failure by all these steps this step is particularly important. It's really not hard and the results will be well worth all the effort when you have all those problem areas behind you.
If you'll invest the time and effort to implement these steps you'll experience success in any area you wish to change.
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