Welcome back! As promised I have ten more tips on how you can take back your life by simplifying your daily routine.
(10) Let your kids help as much as possible. Tyler loves helping but sometimes he’s in my way. But I have had to learn to step back and let him help. The other night he wanted an omelet for dinner and he wanted to help and he begged and begged until I gave in. What I ended up doing is letting him beat the eggs and when the toast popped out he put jam on it.
(11) Get up earlier than the rest of the family so that you have some quiet, stress-free time to yourself.
(12) Make sure you give yourself enough time to get up, get dressed, have breakfast, drop the kids off, etc. This way you don’t get off to a bad start by having to rush to get to work or appointments.
(13) Routinely build in an extra 10 or 15 minutes of unscheduled time each day to handle like’s little unexpected breaks in routine.
(14) Don’t answer the phone in the mornings unless you are expecting a call.
(15) Assign each family member a time to use the bathroom to avoid squabbling.
(16) Keep a bowl of pocket change for last minute needs like school lunches, tolls, etc.
(17) Teach your kids to respect your quiet time and privacy.
(18) Occasionally, go to bed early.
(19) Stop working nights and weekends but if this is unavoidable at least make it a rule not to work on Sunday.
(20) Put a clock in the bathroom.
And that’s it. Pretty simple and some of them you may already do from time to time. The goal is to incorporate as many of these simple tasks into your daily routine as possible.