{"id":2143,"date":"2015-09-15T12:08:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T17:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2015-09-15T12:08:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T17:08:46","slug":"ever-felt-overwhelmed-by-life-me-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/staging\/6885\/2015\/09\/15\/ever-felt-overwhelmed-by-life-me-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever Felt Overwhelmed By Life? Me Too!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Me<\/a>Yesterday I expected to have time to run out for groceries after I arrived home from work (I work several days each week in a church office). Except that there was the dentist appointment an hour later that I had forgotten about. Dinner ended up being \u201c\u201dbaked potatoes & toppings bar\u201d since I was relying on that grocery run for my original dinner plan. And then there were kids needing to be driven to the library and school issues to be worked out. Ultimately I had to leave my family to clean up after dinner to dash to my home office to meet a magazine article deadline. It was a stressful evening, to say the least.<\/p>\n

Can you relate? Modern motherhood is a feat of multi-tasking unrivaled by any other calling. Talking with my friends, I find I\u2019m not alone in feeling harried, hurried and pulled in dozens of directions. And as my stressful evening shows, it requires serious organizational skills.<\/p>\n

Part of my problem last night (other than my own tendency to overcommit myself) was that I hadn\u2019t updated my weekly planner. I have a Google calendar<\/a>, which I love. My whole family shares it and we can see our schedules anytime anywhere. But that doesn\u2019t always mean that we\/I look at it all the time. I also have the Paprika <\/a>app on my phone and iPad for menu planning and recipes. I can\u2019t say enough about how it has revolutionized cooking and meal planning for me. But I don\u2019t look at it every day until it\u2019s time to cook.<\/p>\n

What I do look at every morning and throughout the day, is my weekly planner. Because it\u2019s a two-page 8.5\u201d x 11\u201d spread, I can write down my daily appointments and schedule, I copy my menu plan for each day from Paprika, and I track all of my to do lists, deadlines and responsibilities. When my family asks me to buy something, be somewhere or do something for them, I always ask \u201cdid you write it down for me?\u201d Because if it\u2019s not in writing (which I can copy or post in my planner), it probably won\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n

I can also attribute a large percentage of the bucket list goals I have reached to my weekly planner. I tell people often that it\u2019s a proven fact that writing down your goals increases the odds you\u2019ll reach them. Not only that, but breaking them into smaller steps, which I do regularly, is HUGE when it comes to tackling big (often important) life goals and dreams.<\/p>\n

I love my weekly planner and benefit from it so much, I thought other moms could use it too. I launched the 2015 edition last fall. Now this year I\u2019m making a newer, even better edition available.<\/p>\n

\"2016DandilionCoversmall\"<\/a>Here\u2019s how the Bucket List Moms Weekly Organizer <\/a>can help you not only stay on top of busy family life, but also get more done (seriously!) and reach one life goal after another:<\/p>\n