Journal of a Busy Mom

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7 Day Challenge Day #3: Create a Morning Routine

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The third challenge in the 7 Day Challenge: Say Good bye to Survival Mode is to Create a Morning Routine. This challenge was an easy one because I already have a morning routine thanks to Flylady. I have followed her principles for many years and the one that has stuck the longest is a morning routine.

So here is mine:

Wake up between 5:15-6 am

Make bed, pick up clothes, tidy bathroom

Make coffee

Go over to-dos

Vitamins

Quiet time (30-45 minutes)

Computer time-emails, blogging, Facebook, etc

Wake up kids and get them going for school which we start at 8:30 on good days 9:00 on not so good days.

Laundry

Breakfast

Kitchen clean up

10 minute tidy

get ready for school (me get dressed, showered if needed, get school stuff ready)

What I need to adjust:

1. One of Flylady’s  mantras is “get dressed to shoes” and I don’t usually do that. I think I should, though, so I could feel more productive right off the bat. I like to walk around the park in the morning but I don’t because I am still in pjs and robe.

2. Actually getting up with my alarm. Today for example, I had a horrible night sleep and I ended up turning off the alarm. I started off on the wrong foot and feel “behind”.

Maybe I need to give myself some GRACE. I do a lot every morning. My morning routine has always helped me get things going. In fact, on days that I don’t look at routine, I feel lost. Sounds silly, but its true. So, thank you, Crystal, for reminding me of it’s importance.

Ligia

7-Day Say Good Bye to Survival Mode Challenge

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I just signed up to do the 7-Day Say Good-bye to Survival Model Challenge from Money Saving Mom. I read her blog everyday and often go there for inspiration. So now that I am done with the Seven Tasks to Simplify My Life  I decided to tackle this challenge. I am also going to Pre-order her book Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life which comes out later this month.

Simplify & Plan 2014: Create a Cleaning Bin in Each Bathroom

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Still plugging away at those Seven “End of the Year Tasks”. Today I can cross off Create a Cleaning Bin in Each Bathroom. I already had these made so instead what I did was restock and purge.  It is very helpful to have a bin in each bathroom because it cuts down on the running around.

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Here is what is in my tub:

Clear Power for mirrors

All Purpose Cleaner

Toilet Cleaner

Floor Cleaner

Sponges

Cut up t-shirt squares (I cut up my husbands old white t-shirts and they work beautifully for mirrors and clean ups)

Pieces of old towels

brush

wipes

and also a bowl (not pictured) for water

I have been using Melaluca forever. However, I’ve just recently ended my membership so when all my stock pile is gone I will be looking for new alternatives. Not sure if I’ll make my own cleaners or look for eco-friendly in the store.

So next up on the Tasks????

The dreaded

TOYS!!!!!!

Ligia