Strategies to manage time for housewives who was worked

Indonesia
September 5, 2011 7:41am CST
I am experiencing a difficulty often manages the household (taking care of my husband) like to cook, prepare meals, make menus, and clean all household needs. because I work from 9 am - 5 pm, I went with my husband at 7:30 because my husband is off work at 8 o'clock, in terms of shopping, cooking, and prepare all the needs in the morning makes me prosecuted for fast-paced, while the time is always not enough for me, so I was often exhausted from working constantly, not to mention the work at the office .... Share with me, for you who have experienced so I was able to arrange all the work and activities smoothly.
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8 responses
@bubuth (1815)
• Philippines
13 Feb 12
Me also,i don't have enough time to take care of my husband because i'm still schooling right now and i have a part time job. When i go home even i feel so tired i keep on preparing food for him before he go home from work. It really hard to manage my time. Sometimes if i feel that i will fall as sleep when i go home i just buy a ready to eat food but i do it not all the time.
@gengeni (3308)
• Indonesia
1 Oct 11
why not share with my husband? Here we are not talking about equality rights of 'gender' you know. we see that we are equally human beings have a capacity that is not much different. eating 3 times a day and time work approximately 8 hours. I think personally discuss this with your husband. God willing, he'll understand the difficulties that befall you. And he would be willing to help you, although it may at first does not match your expectations. That is, if it would help your husband, understand if you live beyond what the husband has not certainly in accordance with the 'standard' that you would expect. continue to communicate, in the end you will know what is best in terms of housekeeping ... just wait
@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
20 Sep 11
Personally even without having any kids to worry about, I am always feeling like there is never enough time to get everything done, plus try to relax. It seems I am always running until I have to take time to catch up on sleep, etc. My husband works days and I work Swing shift so it always time to run too and fro. I am trying to find a New job where I work days as well to see if that makes things any easier. If there was an easier way other than winning the Lottery or have a miracle happen to where I am making enough online or from home to make ends meet I would gladly be doing that.
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
20 Sep 11
I never seem to find enough time in my day to do all that I need to do. I think that making lists is a great idea and it helps to arrange all of the items in importance. It is crazy when you work and have all of the responsibilities at home as well.
• Indonesia
7 Sep 11
I also often experience what you experienced and felt, first, but after having a part-time maid, pretty helpful. So my maid come in the morning at 6:30 until I got home from work she had just come home. The main task of keep my child whose age was 1.3 years. But other than that if she had, cleaning and washing clothes + ironing. So I just cooking for my husband, son, myself and my maid did eat my cooking.
@atulmalla (229)
• United States
8 Sep 11
Managing your time is certainly a hard job. And it is more difficult when you are a house wife as well as business woman and also a mom. I suggest you to ask your husband to keep a worker, who can give you a hand in your work. This will save your time and you can do many other works freely.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
6 Sep 11
I live alone and only have to take care of myself, but I work so there is still never quite enough time to do everything that needs to be done. Besides that, I run out of energy! I've found that making a list really helps me stay focused so I don't waste time. When I started to pay attention, I was surprised at how many little minutes I was wasting here and there by not focusing and making myself move straight from one thing to the next.
• United States
5 Sep 11
There is never enough time in the day lol I have found making a list of things that need to be done and managing them out that way from the most important to the least. If i have laundry to be done but also have to work and help with homework as well as prepare supper. First thing on the list for me would be to start a load of laundry, start cooking supper and in between help out with the homework. I multi-task to get things done or they wouldn't get done lol. Make out a list of what you want to eat for the week! That also helps in preparing. You have everything planned out ahead of time! I make lists of everything and it really helps out a great deal with everything that has to be done. Time management and multi-tasking! Don't get discouraged if everything on the list doesn't get done when you want it to, no one is perfect!!