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20 Tips For The Busy Mommy To Get Sh*t Done!
By
Joy Marino
Women’s Empowerment Life Coach

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#1 Create a calendar (Google has an easy one to use) for the family. Add
doctorappointments, social events, schoolfunctions, etc. Ask your children’s
schoolif they have a calendar you can link to. Share with your Ex and other
family members that are involved in the day-to-day with your children.
#2 Co-parent. Give your Ex the opportunity to be involved in the day-to-day
with the children. Picking them up, taking them to appointments, parties or
activities. Difficult as it can be, communication and compromise is very important
for your children.
#3 Be All-In. Give 100% attention to your children when you are with them.
Put aside the phone or the To-Do list. Meals together are a “no-phone” and “no
TV” zone. It may not be a lot of time, but it will be quality time.
#4 Pre-prepare meals. When the kids are not home, or are busy with tasks or
friends, take the time to prepare as many meals for the week as you can. Invest in
good containers and label them.
#5 Enlist the kid’s help. Have them clean up after themselves (even toddlers
can learn this) and learn the basic skills such as doing laundry, cooking, cleaning,
shopping, etc. These are not only going to help you, but teach them life skills that
they will need as adults.
#6 Let it go. Let any hurt, anger or resentment you may be holding on to, go.
It won’t serve you and it will impact the children over time. Forgive, find
something positive in the experiences/relationship and change the meaning you
hold in your heart for those things & people.

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#7 Go out with friends. Once a month, for example, have a girl’s night out.
Create a babysitter’s circle for younger children. One home hosts the girl’s night
and provides a babysitter. Rotate through the group of friends, so no one ever feels
a burden.
#8 Get Support. You are not alone. Look to your local community for sources
of emotional, physical or spiritual support. Mostcommunities and churches have
supportgroups for women. It doesn’thave to be divorced women, but a
empowering women’s group. You can learn a lot from other women, divorced or
not.
#9 Exercise with your children. Go for a walk together. Go to the park and
play for an hour, as many days a week as you can. If the weather doesn’tpermit it,
find your local YMCA/YWCA and ask about a family membership. Every time
you go, remember, 100% attention is crucial.
#10 Clean clutter. Go through one drawer, one cabinet, one closet a day or per
week. Clean out all the expired, broken, useless crap. Donate what you can. Get
the kids involved in the process, becausethey will learn the importance of clearing
out the old, and donating to help others who have it worse off then they do.
#11 Strengthen Relationships. Thepeople in your life that make a difference
to you, the ones who stood byyou when your world was completely upside down
and inside out; thank them. Call them. Go see them. Do it intentionally and
intimately. Make it personal and let them know how much they mean to you.

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#12 Phones down. Don’t check emails or social media first thing in the
morning or as the last thing you do before bed. Get your day started off better than
the drama of the day. You set the tone for your day, and it starts the moment you
wake up.
#13 Restrictphone and computer time. Set a timer and when the timer goes
off, power down. Be realistic about the time you set for yourself. Over time, you
will get used to the time frame you’ve got and you will get on, get shit done, and
get off without fooling around with nonsense.
#14 Buy an alarm clock. Putyour phone in another room and let it charge for
the night. Get a legit, old-school, alarm clock to wake you up in the morning.
#15 Increase Skills. Ifyou want to increase your income, learn something
new. Something that aligns with your current or goal career. Look at your local
college or online courses. Then, when you’ve completed the course, go to your
employer for a raise or promotion. If you work from home, re-evaluate your
services and your fees and uplevel them.
#16 Create a Budget. There are plenty of sites and apps that can help you
build a budget. Bottom line is: What’s your income? What are your expenses?
Where is the imbalance and how can you change that?
#17 Create Goals. Justlike you would tell your child, who has a goal to make
the soccerteam or go to a big University: put together a list of goals and
requirements to achieve that goal. Break it down into monthly goals, weekly and
daily. What needs to be done every day, to reach the goal?

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#18 Geta Hobby. Learn a new skill purely for the fun of it. If there’s
something you used to love to do, but life got in the way, go back to it. Allow
yourself some creative time. This can even be combined with Girl’s Night Out, or
quality time with the kids. Go to the local craft store or music store for classes.
#19 Invest in You. There are a ton of resources out there to help you. They
can motivate & inspire. They can guide you through the challenges in your life. It
can be YouTube videos, Books, Audio Books, Hiring a Coach, Hiring a Therapist.
Whatever you need, wherever you are at...INVEST IN YOU.
#20 Practice Gratitude. I saved the bestfor last. Be grateful for everything
you have right now and everything you will have in your life. Thank those that
have been supportive. Be thankful for the changes in your life. Gratitude for good
health, beautiful children, being strong enough to get through times times. Create
an attitude of gratitude as a part of your normal daily behavior. It will make ALL
areas of your life better, if you are truly grateful.
Remember:
The most important relationship you will ever have is the one you have with
yourself. Invest in YOU because only you can create a life you love.
Love,
~Joy~
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