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The (Wo)Man with a Plan

8/25/2014

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With the start of the school year and a new year of residency starting, it feels like I can finally get back on schedule. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I function much better when I have a plan. I feel like if I have a schedule of what I have planned to do during the day and my goals that I want to accomplish for the day I am more likely to get it all done.

To make a schedule it helps to start by making a list of everything that you need to accomplish for the day; meetings, appointments, house work goals, workouts, etc. Sometimes it helps if you can assign times to do each thing on your list.
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For example, my list looks something like this:

6:00 Wake Up

7:00 Breakfast for Kids/ Run on Treadmill

8:15 Drop Rilyn off at School

9:00 Clean up breakfast mess and sweep floor

11:00 Lunch

12:00 Take Casen to School

12:30 Twins Nap Time/ Workout

1:30 Clean house

Monday: Bathrooms, Mop

Tuesday: Vacuum, Dust

Wednesday: Mop, Scrub Kitchen

Thursday: Vacuum, Dust

Friday: Bathrooms, Mop

3:00 Pick up Casen and Rilyn from School

3:30 Homework

5:00 Dinner

6:00 Clean the Kitchen/Dishes

6:30 Bath time

7:30 Twins Bedtime

8:00 Big Kids Bedtime

9:00 Work on Blog




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Obviously, some days my schedule goes crazy and I get nothing done but that’s life. It may be helpful to pay attention to how long things usually take you to do and then adjust your schedule.

It helps to make my schedule a week at a time so I can plan out what is going to happen during the week. I also have my “Chore Chart” on the fridge right next to my kids’. It makes it easier to follow my schedule and helps me remember my goals to see them. I also have a big planner that sits on my counter that I write everything down in. Yes, I know my phone has a calendar and a planner in it, but I trust the old fashion way. And if you promise not to judge I’ll even admit that I have 2 planners, one for me and my family and one for all of my Medical Partners stuff. I’ve attempted to color coordinate my calendar (each family member gets a color) but then it just got crazy so I just have to write every ones name REALLY BIG before their activity. For me, Life just seems to run much smoother with a plan.

I hope my scheduling idea can help your life run a little smoother. Maybe you can use your schedule to get things done so you can have more time to spend with your partner when they finally get those couple of hours to spend with you. Maybe it will help you focus on your family instead of all of those things you have to do.

Have a great start to a new year (isn’t it funny that our new years start mid year in the medical field – Maybe that means we get to have 2 big parties a year)!

1 Comment
Janice
8/30/2014 07:18:42 am

Great write up! I think I have the same planner and just started writing in it. This year will be a busy one in a great way so I have to get/stay organized. Stay encouraged everyone!

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