Adult habits are the hardest to break. As a mommy of 2 boys and a work from home mom, the words “where did the time go,” often spill out of my mouth. By the end of the day, half of the most important things on my list end up transferred to tomorrow’s list. Weeks went by before realizing that I was that “I’ll do that in a minute Mom.” You know the mom that is “too busy” to stop and color or do a puzzle. The woman too busy to open up and read the Bible. The wife that is “too tired” to give her husband attention in the evenings. The things on my big plate of life were starting to paralyze me to where I wasn’t do anything.
It was time to take an “audit” of where the minutes were disappearing to. I blocked out 3 days to document what I did each day, but it only took 4 hours to pinpoint my distractions. I realized that I wasn’t auditing my time. I was defining my distractions that sucked away the minutes that ultimately led to frustration.
Lillie Smith says
Will doing this not steal more of your time? I agree so much with what you’re saying! I caught onto Facebook stealing a lot of my time about a year ago and put a cap on it. No, it isn’t easy. But so worth it! Thank you for all you do!
Jeannie Burgess says
Wow a big reality check just hit me! Thank you Ashley