Stay Organized As A Mom
With two active kids and a husband who works long hours, I need a way to stay organized as a mom. I just don’t have a great memory that allows me to keep track of everything in my head! I need to have concrete and simple ideas that will help me get my life in order. One of my problems I have had with getting organized is that I don’t know where to start! When you are trying to gather all the information you need for your entire family, it can get a bit overwhelming! While I was looking for help to streamline my needs, I found some great tips to get organized.
- Get Rid Of The Clutter!!: When trying to clean a room, the task can be very daunting and you may not even know where to start. To make this fun, the kids and I write tasks on paper and crumbled them up and put them in a bowl. We each pull a task and that was our job. It is a fun way to clean while giving the kids and me some time to hang out.
- Use A Timer: When I have a room to clean, it gets me crazy knowing how long it will take. I started using a timer and set it for 15 minutes. When the time is up, I know I didn’t clean the whole room but I do have a feeling of accomplishment.
- Everything Should Have A Place: It drives me crazy when the kids come to me and say they can’t find something. I am really anal about making sure everything has a place, because it makes it impossible to not know where something is. So , for instance, we have a ton of game system cords and I put them in a box labeled “game cords”. This makes finding things a no brainer and it makes cleaning easier as well.
- Buy A Good Day Planner: For me, I need to keep everyone’s schedules straight, and I do so with a day planner. I have found that by entering and coding each schedule, it is clear, concise and easy to find. The best day planner to use is a daily and monthly planner. This works best for me and a great place to find planers, calendar and journals, is Dot.Mine.
Day Planner Organizer
When I was looking for a good day planner, I was hoping to find a company that offered more than just a daily planner. I had other areas of my life I wanted to organize as well. Dot.Mine is a company that was started by two clever women who found they needed to get their lives on track. While on a business trip in London, Sarah and Lisa met by chance and soon discovered they wanted to ditch their sales jobs and go into business for themselves. Here we are 12 years later, and Lisa and Sarah have built a great company that makes planning your life easily and fashionable!! I received a collection of items to organize my life and they are awesome!! I received:
- Life_Time Planner – $24.99: This gorgeous leather bound 7”X9” journal will help you keep track of business and well as personal data. There is a pocket in the back for important notes or papers and you have an area to take note of memorable family information ranging from the family reunion to your kid’s first recital!
- Family_Time Planner – $19.99: This colorful 8.5”x11” planner has a durable plastic cover and a section for monthly and weekly activities as well as a master planner to cover them all. You have fun anecdotes to shed some humor on your busy life and the perforated pages allow you to keep what’s important intact when you tear a page out.
- Time_Mine Planner – $13.99: This handy 6”x9” planner will help you keep track of important information in style. This planer may be small but it has everything you need to stay organized with a planner that can fit into your purse or backpack easily.
- Tiempo_Mio Planner – $13.99: This bilingual English/Spanish planner if perfect for that multi language speaker in your life. This is a great planner like the Time_Mine Planner with dual headings.
I love the sturdy plastic covers and the funky designs. There are several designs to choose from, so you are sure to find something you like. The paper is not that cheap paper a lot of planners have. I have thrown away my share of planners that ripped apart or the cover came off. Not these books! They are not going to get ruined while under your watch!! The Life_Time Planner is really nice and it would make a great baby gift for a new mom or mom to-be. This will help her organize all of the important dates and milestones for her baby. If you are looking for cute organizers that are made well, Dot.Mine is a great place to look!
In honor of October being Breast Cancer awareness month, one reader will win the Elle’s pick from the Family_Timer Planner section ($19.99)
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Double Espresso is my favorite.
My 2013 New Year’s Resolution is to become organized! I am in love with “Le Postcard”!
i really liked the purple peebles the best
lifetime_time. mine in moor pink
I love the Camelia, Camelia. I’m a new mommy and I love planners and school supplies ( I am also a teacher). I am kind of a really organized hoarder.
I love, love,LOVE the purple pebbles mini!
I like the Purple Pebbles because it has so many different ways to keep track of your information and schedules
I love the Purple Pebbles one. I am a sucker for notebooks and planners!
Love the family time planner. That would definitely come in handy now that our family is getting busier.
i like the double espresso one
I really like the double espresso planner!! Really pretty!
Double Espresso would be awesome to have.
I love them all! I need a new planner and this would be perfect. The Double Espresso is really nice!
Tiff and Tory
The Camillia Family Time Planner, thanks!
the Camillia
Tiff & Tory
The Double Espresso planner is so beautiful…I like Le Postcard too
Purple Pebbles Planner
I like the Camillia, Camillia
Double Espresso
love them all!
I like the Family_Time.mine NYGWP planner in the damask print.
I like the Family_Time NYGWP planner in the damask print.
like the Mini – 5 1/2 x 8″
I like the Tiff & Tory design
I really like the Spanish/English bilingual day planner! My husband is from Spain, so this would be perfect for both of us to use!
i like life time mine in double espresso
I rather like the Camillia, Camillia in Family_Time.Mine section.
I like the Camillia, Camillia
I like the Camillia, Camillia Family time mine
i love the Green with Envy planner
Purple Pebbles Family_Time.Mine
8 1/2” x 11”
Moor Pink family planner
the FAMILY_Time.Mine—Elle’s Pick
I think the Family Time Mine “NYGWP” day planner would be very efficient for me!!!
I like the FAMILY_Time.Mine—Elle’s Pick
Double Espresso
ISBN 978-1-937005-28-3
August 2012 – December 2013
7” x 9”
elles-pick under the family time
I like the Green with Envy under Time.Mine
I like the Moor Pink family time planner as well. I have to use a planner of some sorts, at all times like you do, its the only way that I can get everything done and everyone where they need to be without forgetting something or someone
My Favorite product was Moor Pink. Thanks, I need one bad working independent jobs and children.
My Favourite is El Partido
I like the Zany Zinnias
My fav is the time-mine.
I love the NYGWP Family_Time.Mine
Shelby Schmidt
time_mine planner
I like the Family Time Planner.
the pink one
Moor Pink
the family time planner…
Life_Time Planner!
Moor pink
love the moor pink as well
I like the Purple Pebbles Family Time Mine.
Amie Olson
I like the Purple Pebbles Family Time Mine.
Amie Olson
Have to have a planner. Its the only way I can remember what I have to do and what I need at the store.
love the Life_Time Planner