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How to find more time in your day…

Begin your day early.  I have always been a “front -load” worker.  I would rather get up early and front load my day, rather than save all my work for later in the day when I’m tired and ready to start winding down.

Get your work done before you get on the internet.  Get it done quickly.  Move through it fast and on purpose.  The quicker you move, the more energy you will have.  Most jobs, even the worst ones, don’t actually take very long at all, when we get busy and work fast at it.

Monitor your internet time.  According to a report smartphone usage has gone from 23% in 2010 to 84%.  Most of that time is spent on social sites.  Smart phone email use jumped from 21% to 79%.  One suggestion is to write a master list of everything you want to look up, or need to accomplish and then set a timer.  Follow your list and don’t get sidetracked reading posts about new celebrity breakups, or watching videos that will eat your time up quickly without you even realizing  it.  When the timer goes off, stop.

Delegate. If you are not the only person living in your home, then you should not be the only person cleaning your home.  Even a small child can set the table.  Teenagers are a great resource and should help clean or run errands.  

Use crock pot meals.  These can really lighten up the dinner time work load!  Need some ideas?  How about 105 ideas!

Find more time in the nooks and crannys of your day.  For example, when talking on the phone, don’t just sit and talk, cross off one of your “to-do’s”;  wipe down the kitchen window, fold a batch of laundry, or clean out the fridge.  Instead of washing your hair every day, try some dry shampoo; our favorite here.  Not only is it better for your hair to go a couple days, but you will have more body and texture.  Instead of flipping through the available magazines, plan your sunday school lesson or your next day’s schedule while waiting in the dentist office, etc.