Productivity Hacks for Busy Moms
Every four years, I’m a blubbering mess… I fall apart while watching the Olympics. I cry as each Olympian competes in an event that I know they’ve been training for most of their lives. I don’t even really care which country they are from. Throw in a compelling backstory and my tears are forming before they even start their performance.
This gets me thinking about my own race. This life race that I’ve been blessed and honored to run. I guess I don’t always think about it like that most of the time. Watching world-class athletes give their all in competition and knowing the discipline that it takes to even get to that level of sports is amazing.
So, I’m motivated to reassess what we are allowing on our plate. So, I’m sharing about how I do things a little differently than others — and some of my productivity hacks. I hope you enjoy it!
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Highlights from the Show…
- Here are a few verses that I refer to about the “race” we are running:
24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified. (1 Corinthians 9:24-27 )
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. (2 Timothy 4:7)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. (Hebrews 12:1 )
The battle many of us face is busyness — and the battle for balance!- I share a bit about the crazy few months that we’ve had and how it’s meant that lots of things got moved to my plate this month.
- Date nights are priceless. Time to get away and process all the things going on in our family is so important. I love getting time alone with Steve. We’re not always consistent, but we need to be.
- Our approach to re-balancing things going on in our lives is to take everything off our plate — and then put back what is most important. We slowly evaluate what we think should stay, change, or not go back on.
- I mentioned that one thing I had to do was to postpone the launch of my Meal Planning Made Easy course. It breaks my heart not to give that project time. However, it didn’t fit on the plate for this month.
- After tons of emails and messages asking about how I’ve built various aspects of my business, I finally added a business section to my site: Simply Joyful Business! I’m adding resources to it over time. Right now I’m mainly sharing about how I used B-School to grow my business.
One of the fun freebies I created for my Simply Joyful Business friends was a “Productivity Hack” tip sheet for Entrepreneurs. I realized that many of the tips on there can be applied for moms, too. So, I created one for moms here. You can get your copies below.- I am obsessed with Jeremiah 17! I have so much fun dissecting it. One of the “hacks” I mention involves this verse.
- I love whiteboards! I use them for my brain dumps. Listen to my episode with Emily Ley to hear how she uses poster boards.
- I mentioned my Sanity Savers for Moms book a few times on this episode. I’d love for you to get your free digital copy of it: One of the chapters in there is on planning ahead. So, don’t miss that one. Here’s a post I did that talks a bit about planning ahead for better mornings.
Don’t miss the awesome-sauce ‘Productivity Hack’ tips sheet for moms. Get your copy and listen in to this episode to hear how to use them! @KristiClover #SimplyJoyfulPodcast (CLICK TO TWEET)
Also Mentioned in this Episode:
- Simply Joyful Business!I’ve started a new section of my website that is devoted to encouraging budding entrepreneurs to build a business that brings them joy. I also mentioned about B-School — this program has literally changed my business life. Such a wonderful resource and a great investment. I would love to help you start your business journey and help you create a business that you love!
- I love doing #MomHacksand #DITL moments on Instagram! I’d love to have you follow me there.
- I referred back to my podcast episode with Mystie Winklerabout “brain dumps.”
- I love to mention here that I also have a Weight Loss Coaching program!You can see more about my Optavia program HERE (I give away a free eBook on weight loss)
A Special Thanks to…
Rend Collective for allowing me to use their incredible song “The Joy of the Lord is My Strength.”This song has so much special meaning to me and it highlights the theme verse for my podcast — Nehemiah 8:10. Be sure to check out their music! They are such a fun band to listen to…and to see live.
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