Juggling responsibilities

It is true, household chores and a stay-at-home mom's responsibilities never have ending. It is a big task and one could never finish doing them within a day, a week or a month. It is on going basis and abides with one's whole life . It is good that you have a good way to take care of every thing in a proper manner . I always take care the needs of my family and ensure all the necessary works to be done first before I come to MyLot. Most of them are routine works so I do not require a list. I am very time conscious and never waste my time. I always accomplish what needs to be done accordingly .

Hi Ayeeesha! I'm a stay-at-home mother too. My daughter's already 3 years old so I might put her to daycare soon. But luckily, my husband's staying at home too. Both of us are working at home. With that, we can share responsibilities at home. I work all in the morning so he takes care of our daughter, cooks breakfast and lunch, and sometimes cleans the house. At lunch time, I finish my online job so I take over in washing the dishes and sometimes, do the laundry too (every other week). Then we do the general cleaning of the house weekly during the weekend when we both decided to have dayoff from work. Aside from sharing responsibilities, I like to write little notes of reminder in the calendar, especially with appointments or important things to accomplish during the day or the week. I'm such a multi-tasker that I want to accomplish everything or a lot of things in a little time. And when I didn't meet my daily goals, I feel so frustrated that I can't rest so I will be able to finish them all. So now, I try to make little targets everyday so I can things to do everyday and not make them heavy or many for me. And consequently, I wouldn't feel frustrated anymore. It makes tired, you know. :) My suggestion to you is not to multi-task but to do responsibilities one by one. Yes I know we're super mothers but it is better if you can focus on the task and finish it faster than doing a lot of things in one time and finish nothing. Good luck Ayeeesha :)

I am also a stay at home mom. I have 5 children (2 teens, an 8 yr old, 4 yr old, and 1 yr old) and then one on the way due in July. so needless to say, I am a very busy mom! :) sometimes it's hard for me to follow the list that I have for the day because extra things are always popping up. I have a business I run from home and then I also take care of two other kids during the day (a 2 year old and another 4 year old) so I try to get as much done as I can but it sure is hard. since the ones that do not attend school yet are still so small, they require nap time (or they will be extra grumpy if not lol) so I am able to get some things done during that time. today was an adventure though. I had to run a few errands and since I had the kids I couldn't just get up and go. I have to take the little ones too so I had to get the 1 year old, 2 year old and both 4 year olds ready and car seats in and secure and wow that was a job all on its own lol. but we got everything done and they were actually good the whole time we were out. I think that I am very lucky to be a stay at home mom so even though at times its stressful, I still love and enjoy every minute. I love that I don't have to miss any part of their lives.

I usually have a weekly planner. It is very convenient for college. I am never late on any of my work. I usually have the weekends free because I am able to stick to my weekly planner. Outside of college though, I try to have the same concept but it doesn't work as well. lol. With online earnings I usually just do them in my free time or after I am done studying for the day. With errands or other responsibilities I do them when I need to. Good luck.

I'm retired but I also have a schedule when it comes to household chores, yard work, mylot and writing. I have to also make a list of the things that need to get done either in a day or in a specific week. I first eat breakfast and watch Kelly and Michael. Then its getting whatever is on the list done. One day it will be cleaning the house and giving my dog a bath. One day it will be yardwork. One day its laundry day, and once a month its cleaning the windows etc... Once completed I cross it off the list. I try to mylot once everything is done where I have "me" time. Something I never had when I was raising my two daughters and had a full time job outside the home. So now I get to enjoy "me" time by, watching old movies, writing and mylotting.

Who says that staying at home is easy? You are right! There are a lot of things to do in the home 24/7. Especially if you are only working all alone without any extra hand to give you help, i could not imagine the tons of work waiting for you to be done. And just like what you said it is only about time management. I have my checklist of what-to-do every day so I keep track of the things I should do or accomplish in a day or even in a week. That checklist helps me monitor my own pace and time.

I think it is always good to take responsibilities in things one do. I think most probably some people do take while some others does not. I also think that it is not easy to be a stay-at-home mother and I think most probably you can try some job like online to earn money.

I guess your doing it right to make a "must do list" and I suggest if you can practice time management,it's really hard to do chores, run errands, do online incomes and so on..all at the same time in one day the best I can think of is time management like a.m household, baby, some chores then during lunch time when the baby is sleeping online jobs, run errands then late afternoon some chores and baby again. I hope I help you

I do it as a hobby,whenever i get some free time because it is good to generate some income as a student .it needs determination and hardwork