It’s hard to believe, but my precious little girls are growing so quickly. And that means some glorious time has started to open up in my schedule.
They are sleeping through the night more often and happily putting themselves to sleep, which has opened up about 10-15 hours a week.
With the extra time I have right now, I’ve felt like superwoman in terms of my ability to knock out so much more each day and each week.
But I noticed an interesting phenomenon in myself. With the increased time, I started to want to make my daily plan longer and longer. That lead to me feeling behind instead of accomplished.
I quickly recalibrated to putting down just what I needed to do with a few extra things I wanted to do. I had to accept the reality that even with more time, I still can’t do everything.
Now I feel great about the new openness in my schedule.
How about you? When you have more time to get things done, do you overfill it, and overwhelm yourself?
If so, pull back and remind yourself that it really is OK to complete everything on your to-do list. You don’t have to pile on more and more tasks when you have more margin.
And if you are struggling to find the balance on your to-do list, I am here to help. Feel free to set up a time to connect with me here: Consultation Schedule
About Real Life E
Elizabeth Grace Saunders is a time management coach and best-selling author who empowers individuals who feel guilty, overwhelmed and frustrated to feel peaceful, confident and accomplished. She helps people struggling with new levels of responsibility after receiving a promotion or becoming a parent, who aren’t meeting expectations at work, or who need better work-life balance to overcome burnout.
Elizabeth was named one of the World’s Top 30 Time Management Professionals by Global Gurus and is a member of Forbes Coaches Council. McGraw Hill published her first book The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment: How to Achieve More Success with Less Stress. Harvard Business Review published her second book How to Invest Your Time Like Money. And FaithWords published her third book Divine Time Management. Elizabeth regularly writes time management articles for Harvard Business Review and Fast Company and has appeared on CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox.
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