Start Overcoming Busy Right Now – I Want To Hear From You!
February 26, 2010 by Marci
Each Friday (well, most Fridays) here at Overcoming Busy, I have posted little things we can do right now, this very instant to overcome busy. There has been a post on being thankful, bed-time to-do lists, praying, early morning prep time and more. There are lots more ideas swimming around in my head. This morning, I was wondering which one you would get the most out of. Then I thought, maybe YOU have some ideas for overcoming busy right now that I (and other readers) would get a lot out of!
So, I am opening this up to you. Take control of Overcoming Busy and give me your best ways to start overcoming busy right now!
Comments (9)
I feel that lately I make these massive to-do lists and then I don’t get anything done. I am realizing that I have to just take one room at a time. Even if that one room takes me a few days. If I really focus on that room I can finally cross it off my mental to do list. Thanks for all of your great ideas for Overcoming Busy, I need every one of them.
Great tips, Amy! I get bogged down if my list is too big, too. Breaking it down into smaller steps that we can actually accomplish in a day or two would keep the motivation up!
I think the main thing I am doing to stop the busy is to try to do one thing at a time. If I multi-task, I get frazzled and everyone follows me down that rabbit hole. When I focus on one thing, that thing gets finished a lot faster and better than when I am scattered. I am trying to teach my kids to be uni-taskers rather than multi-taskers.
I love the picture of going down the rabbit hole!! That’s what it is, isn’t it?! We set the moods for the whole household. The crazier we get, the crazier everyone else gets!
One way that I overcome busy is by doing one big household chore each day rather than than trying to have a ‘cleaning day.’ I’ve found this especially useful with small children underfoot…you just never have 2 hours to devote to cleaning all at once. One chore a day is much more manageable in my mind week to week. And if I get it all done during the week I can really relax and enjoy the weekend with the family!
That is a great idea! An entire day dedicated to cleaning doesn’t work here either!
I overcome busy by simply shifting my mindset to a week that begins on Sunday, rather than Monday. It means our week begins with the whole family at home, going to church together and having a family dinner. If I think of my week beginning Monday, I am quickly overwhelmed with packing lunches, getting everyone off to school, worrying about everyone else’s business and schedules… We try to keep Saturday as a fun day, but do a little extra work to get the house tip-top so we don’t have to clean on Sunday.
Making Sunday the start of your week seems like a great way to kick things off. Family time, fun, worship. Much better than the manic Monday.
I love all of these comments! I really have been working on this hard! I think a lot of it has come from others saying to me, Chele slow down, it will come in time… I’ve realized that baby steps are the most important thing to overcome busy. Stop making so many huge goals
and do everything in baby steps. Even if it’s things like finding room for God in your days. If you plan to make 30 minutes with God in the morning, when it already is so busy in the mornings… then you will fail but baby steps like making a goal to 5 minutes to spend with Him every day will work better! Okay I rambled but that hit home today for me! 