Even Moms Need Time Management

Mommies need time management. Every mommy needs s to understand how time works and how you perceive it and use it impacts your life. Only then will you be able to 'grasp the tiger by the tail' and have time at your mercy and not the other way around.

In a nutshell, time management is a method of organizing your time so that you can progress in life and not spin your wheels when it comes to getting things done. Each decision that you make when you practice time management is useful, constructive and helps you build your future.

If you feel like you are slipping backwards in life or like you are at the mercy of your kids then you are not practicing time management. You are practicing crisis management and simply getting through each day. This book was written to teach you how to get back a sense of control.

If you are not good at time management you can stay stuck in the past for months. Your priorities slide. You can even forget important things like getting your child inoculated on time or meeting with a teacher.

Quite simply, if you do not get your act together when it comes to being a working mom you can accidentally end up hurting both yourself and your kids. It may be take years for the results to show but if you do not set goals and make To Do lists then you could end up without.

A good example of how procrastination can hurt your child is the example of the mother who does not start an educational college fund of some sort for their child. When it is time for a post secondary school education this can sometimes mean that the child will not be able to go at all as the parent's procrastination has resulted in a lack of availability of funds.

Many time management experts compare the art of time management to putting together a picture puzzle. If you put the pieces together wrong you will end up with the wrong picture. You will be stressed and overwhelmed because your life is not working. You will feel like you are at the mercy of others or like you are always working towards goals that have nothing to do with what you really want in life. You are in full catastrophe management, spending your time fixing problem after problem in an effort to cope with life.

You should be living life and not just coping with it.

When the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle that is your life mesh nicely together you can reach your goals faster and avoid stressing yourself and your family out.

Furthermore your family will also respect you more because an organized mother is one that seems more in control and authoritative.

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The Beatles Bed Time CDs

By now you have probably heard of the new Beatles CDs that are putting kids to sleep. These CDs are really popular because parents can really relate to the music. It is better than that weird new age stuff or goopy kids stuff that is too nonsensical to deal with. This is now classic music that is traditional, beautiful and well composed. Even though it was part of pop culture, Beatles music really does have other applications – such as putting cranky babies to sleep! It can put a cranky mommy to sleep too, especially one that has been putting up with a colicky baby all night.

There is a series of soothing CDs put out called the Bedtime with the Beatles Series which has been used for a couple of years to put babies down so they can sleep all night. This CD is getting great word of mouse by moms who are reviewing it too. It is selling like hotcakes on Amazon.

It is the ultimate collection of soothing contemporary music for modern mommies who do not want to play their babies the usual sweet and sugary musical numbers. There is no giant purple dinosaur or groups of puppets singing in nerdy voices. Suddenly mom can have her dignity in the bedroom again and not be driven crazy by men in yellow turtlenecks singing in endless rhymes.

The point is that when you choose the Beatles you are choosing bedtime music that mom can enjoy too. Also there is a whole series of these CDs. There are all sorts of choices to lull them to sleep. Yoko Ono and Michael Jackson must have Okayed the copyright! There are a lot of tunes in this series of recordings of the Beatles most famous tunes including Eleanor Rigby, Yesterday and I Wanna Hold Your Hand.

Don't think that this is like the Beatle's version of Muzak because its not. Although the music has that electronic edge it is more New Age than anything. It has an almost sacred sound even though it is just old Beatles hits. It is a wonderful CD for carrying babies into a state of sleepy contentment and bliss.

Of course all of the music on here is redone and it is all instrumental so don't expect any of those familiar vocals from Lennon or Paul McCartney. However this does not mean that you cannot sing along to put your kid to sleep. Chances are you will be able to make your favorite Beatles tune into a lullaby.

Even though it is Rock n' Roll, mothers who use this music claim that it really does work to put babies (and tired breastfeeding moms) to sleep. The other big rumor out about his CD is that it cures colic. Perhaps it is just simply the right bouncing rhythm to get babies suffering from dyspepsia out of their discomfort.

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