Time Management Guidelines for Working Mothers

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Most mothers have a dual life; they manage a full time job and also manage their house and children. This can be overwhelming at times but a few pointers can help these busy mothers to ease their burdens and be stress free.

1. Preplanned Menus- Make weekly menus and grocery items needed; pre-make dishes you will use throughout the week. This alleviate some of the pressure at mealtime.

2. Prepare Meals in Advance - Cook two or three meals at a time; serve one, freeze the others. It’s really no harder to cook a double portion of the same dish and you will have the satisfaction of knowing you already have another meal or two ready to eat!

3. Community Meal Rotations - The mothers in the rotation group take turns making the evening meals during the week. It is possible to cut cooking time to one night a week although you will be preparing for a larger number of people.

4. Errands - Direct some energy to doing errands on the way to or from work. Or if someone in your family or a neighbor is already out, ask them to do your pickup for you and you can return the favor for them.

5. Car pooling is a great time saver. All you need to do is get the moms of the neighborhood involved.

6. Get your family to help: Every one needs to pitch in for successful time management. If your children are keeping their rooms clean then it means less work for you and possibly a reward for them.

7. Split the housecleaning chores into small tasks that can be managed on a day-to-day basis so that it doesn’t overwhelm you. You will find that by doing this you have more time for other things.

8. Be Realistic - There is no such thing as supermom or perfect mom. Learn to say ‘no’ or you will never find a way to manage your time.