Being a working mother of 7 months baby and working in a software firm involves lot of juggling. I do hereby give some tips on how I manage time
1. Delegate responsibilities at both office and home. This will not only allow you to spend more time on yourself but also involve your spouse and collegues in day to day affairs. This helps in understanding each other and build a rapport among them.
2. Spare sometime in night for cutting vegetables, blending in mixie, planning outfits for yourself and children before hand will save time in the morning. Outfits can be washed and pressed during weekends so that it becomes easy.
3. Plan for shopping groceries and vegetables in weekends so that you can have a menu card ready for breakfast and meals for week days.
4. Productivity would be at stake if we are doing too many things at a time. Concentrating on one task at a time will help us complete the job at hand in a comparatively shorter time without diluting the quality of work too.
5. Children demand a lot of time from working mothers. Involve children helping in small tasks like cleaning the house, cutting vegetables, watering the plants. By this way both of you will enjoy enjoy each others company.
6. Saying no is an art by itself. Many of us have the tendency to take on more work simply because we cannot make ourselves say ‘no’ to colleagues’ or relatives requests for help. If you are already up to your neck with your own work, taking on more to help out relatives/friends is a sure method of bringing down your productivity.
7. It is better to opt for company cabs for yourself and school buses for children since you are safe. We never know how the morning traffic will cause tensions while driving or walking on our own be.
8. Plan to go for an outing, movie or park once in 2 months. This will relieve you stress and rejuvenate your body and sould with fresh thoughts.
9. Set clear instructions as to who will pay utitlity bills among you. Make a separate folder where you attach telephone bills, electricity bills, school fees etc. See to it that it is paid within due date to avoid penalty.
10. Plan attending Family functions and marriages weekends or evenings so that both you and your family get to know your friends. It would be a change to get to know others.