
Do You Follow Seasons of Rest?
What if we could create seasons of rest in our lives before we were forced to do so? How would that benefit you & your house?
Business organization is a whole new ballgame from regular home organization, isn’t it? Especially when you add doing it from home with a family running around.
Organization for your home or business, while being so much work to implement, is absolutely necessary if you want to have a smooth-running house/family. When your house & family are running smoothly helps creates the family dynamic that you desire in your house.
With each pregnancy I ended up getting more organized in a different area in our house/family. One pregnancy it was the laundry, another one it was our meal/menu organization. Then it was bedroom organization. It was so much fun to see where I would focus on during the pregnancy & I loved seeing the end result. And I felt really confident in how our house ran & looked, how our family dynamics felt, & how I felt as a mom/wife.
Once I started the business though, I felt like I was drowning.
All my house management systems kind of went out the window. I wasn’t as present to micro-manage children, to make sure they did what was expected of them, to fully see what needed to be done before it became overwhelming. Balancing the house management along time working the business is still a work in progress, but I feel like we have a good system implemented. My husband is an amazing guy & we are a great team for house & kid stuff! So I’m not the only one responsible for the house management/organization.
But organization for the business?
That’s fully on me. It’s up to me to make sure everything gets done & I didn’t have anyone to delegate anything to.
I didn’t want the business to take over our life. This business was supposed to help our family, be a joy for me, & be fun, not add stress & make it so we never did anything fun because “mommy has work to do”.
So I started researching in my free time. How do I organize the business? How do I balance work/home life? How do I keep it all together & get it all done without losing my mind?!
Have you been there?
I found someone who recommended having a notebook for each client/area & writing your notes or to do lists in the correct notebook to help keep everything organized.
I then met with a business coach who is quite honestly amazing. She listened to my frustration, heard what I’ve tried, & made a suggestion of trying her favorite digital task manager, with the promise that she would help me get it set up.
The interesting thing was I had tried the one she was recommending previously, but I felt so overwhelmed getting it set up that I just walked away from it. I liked it in principle, but the implementation of it just didn’t work for me the first time I attempted to get it set up. And after having the other one not work out after spending so much time setting it up, you can imagine how nervous I was about trying again!
Here’s what made it manageable this time around.
And now that it’s up & running? Oh. My. Word! It is amazing. Let me tell you how this task manager has helped my business, personal life, & sleep quality!
So, if you are like I was & need to ramp up your business organization, check out an online task manager & make sure it has an app for your phone! There are so many options. All you have to do is Google “digital task manager” & they’ll come up. Pick one that you feel is a good fit for you & run with it. Find tutorials on how to efficiently set up your account & make it work best for you.
You can also go visit my Pinterest to see some of my favorite pins for the task manager I use.
Honestly, it’ll take some effort but once it is finished it’s amazing.
For me it was truly life changing from before I got the task manager set up to now. My stress is so much lower than before & I feel like I’m a better support for my clients, & a better Mom/Wife to my family, than I was before.
What if we could create seasons of rest in our lives before we were forced to do so? How would that benefit you & your house?
Disclaimer: This article is for informational, community, & educational purposes only. I am not liable for any damages resulting for the use or implementation of
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