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Across the Fence:  Time Management  |
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melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1735 Posts
angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
1735 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 09 2010 : 2:14:03 PM
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I have a horrible problem with it. I can't seem to get motivatated for anything and I simply never have time for anything.
I still haven't found a way to handle it, so I take a day once a week and get someone to take the kids. That's my day to clean, do laundry, pay bills, organize, and everything that needs done. I run around like a crazy woman and collapse into bed that night like I'm dead or something.
That's the only way our life works around here.
Farmgirl Sister #1438
God - Gardening - Family - Is anything else important? |
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2010 : 2:39:34 PM
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I am terrible and I used to have so much energy and a clean house. Now .. . forget it. If the animals are alive at the end of the day, my work is done.
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Dec 09 2010 : 3:42:16 PM
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I do and I'm still trying to figure it out. lol Being super busy helps me to organize my time because I Have to get everything done.
Hugs,
Hannah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Lifes not about the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
Just a small town country girl, farmgirl,loggergirl, trying to live her dreams. :)
P.s. I've been playing around with the spelling of my name ( weird I know) and I've decided that I will stick with Hannah for good. Sorry I got you all confused. Hugs!! |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Dec 10 2010 : 04:37:09 AM
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Time Management, what is that? I used to be able to manage it way better than I do now. When I worked full-time I seem like I got way more done, probably because I had to. I like my new willy-nilly management system I employ now. I make a list, if it gets done I check it off. If it doesn't get done, I carry it over to the next days list. Sometimes at the end of the week my list is really long!
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farmgirl sister #922
Happy to be a "Raggedy Ann" in a Barbie World!
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Dec 10 2010 : 08:08:33 AM
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I kinda have a schedule. Each day I do one room. After 10 days I have cleaned the whole house and start over. Sometimes the room dosen't need more than 3 or 4 min quickie. Sometimes the room never gets finished. Does the system work? Not really. But when everything is in a mess, I at least have a place to start. Like today is pantry/closet day. But I didn't get finished with the utility room yesterday and I am having guest for dinner tonight. I'll be lucky to get the kitchen floor swept. I really impress my adult granddaughters. They think I really have it all together when I tell them about my system. All they have to do is look around to see that it dosen't always work.
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Posted - Dec 10 2010 : 08:16:33 AM
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I make lists, I do self pep-talks and try to set a schedule but I'm a chaotic, organic person at heart and things get done either when they have to or when they get done =P...I'm awful at time management, just to be honest.
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Palouse Prairie Girls Chapter
http://palouseprairiegirls.blogspot.com/
http://prairiegirlsjournal.blogspot.com/
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Dec 10 2010 : 11:03:45 AM
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My mom is a stickler for lists and her calendar. She used to keep her schedule so tight that a five minute delay in anything would throw off her whole schedule. She got a lot accomplished in a day, but her rigidity really drove us kids nuts. She's come down a few notches, though, thank goodness. I think now that she's older, she's seeing the value in enjoying life as it comes - making plans, but rolling with the speed bumps and detours. As a nod to my mom, however, I do keep a list of "to do-s" in my purse and at my computer desk. I am very forgetful when unexpected things pop up, and I hate letting anyone down or forgetting to accomplish much needed tasks. As far as time management, I don't keep to a very rigid schedule because experience has taught me that life just happens. I do, however, try to meet deadlines, and keep (and be either a little early or punctual) for appointments or when getting together with friends and family... I don't like holding anyone up. Oh! And don't feel bad if the housework slides, girls... I had read once that a messy home is a sign of a very interesting woman! I'm not messy, per se, but with all the teenage boys passing through my house, our home can definitely looked "lived in!" :) I quite enjoy having a little mud and dust in my home every now and then! :) - Nini
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
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Posted - Dec 10 2010 : 2:28:39 PM
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I'm a list maker also.If someone ask me to do something for them, if I don't write it down, if not reminded of it, I'll let it slip. My wanting to do something like my crafts and maybe meeting up with a girlfriend, usually goes to the bottom of the list. Time after time they just go to bottom and carried over to the next. And the same the next!!! I'm sure you get the picture. I've found lately that when I do get into my crafts that there are so many demands made for me that I just put it all away. I spend more time getting and putting things away and not much finished. The first of the year I'm going to try to set time aside for just what I need to do to relax. And I won't even be answering the phone. If I was workng I wouldn't be so available and thats what I'm trying to do is make up some things to sell. The extra I could make would help alot, as DH has yet to find a job. At one time I was great at time management but for now~~~~can't even remember how! Hugs, Brenda
http:///www.scatteredlittleblessings.blogspot.com
Seek reasons to Love..In every sigment of everyday-look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of Love-Abraham Hicks |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Dec 10 2010 : 6:42:42 PM
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I'm a calendar-keeper and a "Control Journal" devotee, a la the Flylady (www.flylady.com if you're interested). My motivation is simply keeping all my plates spinning...I know if I don't keep tabs on everything, I end up living in chaos!
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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