Anyone else struggling with time management?

Question

I’m having a hard time acclimating back to a more normal lifestyle. Cooking meals, housework, keeping up with finances and my side business. Shoot, even getting thank you cards done! How’re you trying to get into a more normal lifestyle?

Answer

as someone who takes on most of the duties with baby(my husband works basically from sun up to way after sun down), it is soooo hard to get back into the swing of things- but not impossible!! ive started with just giving myself some grace. you just had a baby! its OKAY to not get everything done in one day. the house is not going to collapse. 
ive started by just doing one room at a time rather than doing several things from every room at a time(does that make sense?)
like i pick up our bedroom first, then the living room, then the kitchen(i HATE doing the dishes and we dont have a dishwasher lol). and of course take breaks in between to take care of you and baby! 
i end up doing 1-2 loads of laundry each day too. 
to sum it all up- take it easy and take it slow! you’ll get there!

Answer

Luckily my husband is working from home. Otherwise, I have no idea how I would get anything done. My mom does laundry for us and my husband cooks the meals. The house is a mess, I can’t get the time to clean. I’m not even sure what I do all day 😳

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Thanks to my bf working from home I can shower in the morning, otherwise that would’ve been challenging already every day.. The only time I can get something done is with my little man in the carrier and when my bf can take care of him (evenings and weekends). 
But yes I think approximately 1 out of every 3 hours is dedicated to changing and feeding him, 1 to having him sleeping on me, and 1 to playing/crying/me not functioning due to sleep deprivation, which makes it difficult to do anything else really

Answer

You have to have a routine and to do list.  I'm not perfect I'm working on it. For example every morning I take a shower and get dressed while baby is taking morning nap.  If she screams while in the shower I just hurry up.  Before I go to bed at night I make sure the dishes are done and the floor is swept.  Living room is picked up in the morning.  I designated a day of the week for laundry.  Bathroom gets cleaned during her nap.  Basically I'm saying you need to know when your baby is asleep and take advantage of that time.  And prioritize your list.  Yeah they say sleep when baby sleeps and I do in the afternoon.  I take one nap with her.  Make cooking simple.  These days I've been eating frozen vegetables and grilling frozen premade burgers on the grill.  Cans of tuna with homemade salsa and crackers.  Get a Crock-Pot or instant pot.  Seriously.  We invested in a ninja foodi before she was born.  It has been a lifesaver.  My mom helped me make crock pot freezer meals, so I have those but it also cooks rice, soup gee everything so fast.  Another tip is to cook enough so you have leftovers.  Try overnight oatmeal for breakfast.  Another thing about the cleaning just do a little bit at a time.  We are in survival mode right now it's not time to deep clean.  Lessen your standards.  Use instant cart or pickup for groceries.  Enjoy time with your baby.  Everyone keeps on telling me they grow up way too fast.  
Hopefully that gives you some ideas.  I'm really trying myself too.  I have to go back to work in one month and I really need to be organized then.

Anyone else struggling with time management?

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