Time management for the working mother
Organizing and scheduling time: It may be difficult for working mothers, as there are those who cannot balance work and home, and this lies in organizing time and using it properly. Here are some tips that will help you organize your time efficiently.
- Evaluate your time: See how you spend your time? Experts say that most people spend an hour in their day on tasks that they can put off, or even eliminate from their schedule.
- Set Your Priorities: The key to organizing your time is to prioritize, and put off the unnecessary. Experts suggest dividing your to-do list into three sections: tasks that need to be done immediately, tasks that need to be done at any time during the week, and tasks that are long-term.
- Plan: Find a way to delete steps from a task, or get them done in less time. For example: Arrange the morning food for the night, or prepare the table for the next meal, and put the utensils on it.
- Organize: Prepare a filing cabinet, and put a copy of everything in it. Make a file for each of your children so that you know exactly where to find all the information about them: school, doctor, etc. You can take a copy of the phone numbers important to you and them, and put one at home and one at work.
- Combine some tasks: Learn how to combine multiple tasks, and do them while you are down from work. Pay bills or help your child with his or her homework while you're in the waiting room. Get a headset to help you do household chores, such as communicating with the maid, directing her, or ending a family matter, over the phone while you are busy with something else at work or during a visit to a doctor, for example.
- give task for each family member: family members, young and old, can be assigned to do household tasks, such as: washing, or assembling things. There are household tasks that the smallest member of the house can do.
- Put everything in its place: One of the most time wasters is searching for lost things! Make sure that you put everything in its place after using it; So that you do not get into trouble when you are in a hurry.