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Here is the task list template for organizing your home life. Break things down into small tasks that can be done quickly to fit into your hectic schedule.
What A Woman Needs Challenge: Day 45 Remember You!
by Melissa Cummings RN BSN You are an amazing woman. You care for your children, partner, dogs, coworkers, boss... all of the above. It is so easy to forget the most important person- you! As necessary as it is to keep up with your responsibilities to others, your well being effects how well you keep up with life. Every day take at least ten minutes - or more if possible!- for yourself. Even something that is part of your daily routine, like putting on makeup, can be a way to...
Daily Schedule
By Melissa Cummings RN BSN A good daily schedule can keep all aspects of your life up front and organized on one page. Here is what I use to keep life in order: Daily Schedule Print out a week's worth and make sure to check off tasks as you go along!
What a Woman Needs Challenge: Day 6 Cookbook Organization
By Melissa Cummings, RN BSN If you are anything like me, you have at least one bookshelf full of cookbooks. I have this habit of pulling down all of my favorite cookbooks- at least five at a time- and go through them all and mark recipes that im interested in with scrap paper. At the end of going through them all, I would go back and pick the few recipes to cook that week. This would take up to an hour each time on a weekly basis. Today, in the middle of trying to find recipes...
What a Woman Needs Challenge: Day 3 Working Out the Kinks
Madonna for Dolce & Gabbana by Melissa Cummings, RN Yesterday my day was incredibly busy. I started out with thirty minutes at the gym, followed by a trip to the grocery store and then proceeded to cook meals for the week. Note to self: never do the grocery shopping and prepare the meals in the same day ever again! It was way too much work to do in one day. My only saving grace was the open floor plan in our condo, since it is a kitchen/living room combination. I was able...
What a Woman Needs Challenge: Day 2 Nourish Yourself
By Melisa Cummings Yesterday I outlined my physical enrichment plans: thirty minutes of gentle conditioning to get my blood pumping a little bit each day. Today it's time to start thinking about food. Some of you may have read about my journey to get pregnant. What is new to my daily regimen is Metformin- a medicine used to regulate blood sugar. With this in mind, I decided to plan five small balanced meals per day to keep from having extreme lows or highs in blood sugar levels. Each...
Lifestyle: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
Balance & Harmony We recently revisited Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time, an interesting article by Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy, published in the Harvard Business Review in October 2007. It's all about learning to renew personal energy and live a healthier lifestyle at work and at home. In brief, the practices recommended by the authors for renewing four dimensions of personal energy are: Physical Energy – Tried and true techniques include set an...