Everyday system mods for homemakers / stay-at-home parents?
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 3:13 pm
Hi! I read a reference to the No S diet last week, and looked up this website. The diet sounded like common sense to me, but still a big change from my current eating habits, so I started it. I listened to the podcasts, and I think Reinhard's ideas about habit formation are enlightening and useful to me. I'm the type of person who has a lot of grand ideas for self-improvement projects, and I stick to them for a week or two before fizzling out. I have been the hare and not the tortoise. Everyday systems are helping me to change that, and I thank you heartily.
My question is about the Big Picture and Personal Punch Cards, related to my role as a homemaker. I'm primarily a homemaker, though my youngest child is starting first grade this year and I plan to start a tutoring business. I'm trying to figure out how to change the work column so it fits with my role. My "work-life balance" is skewed towards the life and less towards work (i.e. employment), by design.
I'm assuming I would expand the family and errands section, but is there more to it than that?
Also, a parent of young children necessarily has to deal with more interruptions/emergencies than someone else. That's the main reason why a parent is at home: to meet the needs of the children, which often present themselves as interruptions. Of course as kids get older, they can be taught that they aren't the center of the universe, and my kids are pretty much at that point now. But sometimes still there are urgent needs that I have to attend to. Other time management systems aimed at people in the workplace talk about eliminating interruptions, but that's not appropriate for stay-at-home parents.
Any thoughts on things to consider for mods?
My question is about the Big Picture and Personal Punch Cards, related to my role as a homemaker. I'm primarily a homemaker, though my youngest child is starting first grade this year and I plan to start a tutoring business. I'm trying to figure out how to change the work column so it fits with my role. My "work-life balance" is skewed towards the life and less towards work (i.e. employment), by design.
I'm assuming I would expand the family and errands section, but is there more to it than that?
Also, a parent of young children necessarily has to deal with more interruptions/emergencies than someone else. That's the main reason why a parent is at home: to meet the needs of the children, which often present themselves as interruptions. Of course as kids get older, they can be taught that they aren't the center of the universe, and my kids are pretty much at that point now. But sometimes still there are urgent needs that I have to attend to. Other time management systems aimed at people in the workplace talk about eliminating interruptions, but that's not appropriate for stay-at-home parents.
Any thoughts on things to consider for mods?