{"id":8183,"date":"2011-06-15T12:32:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T17:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=8183"},"modified":"2012-08-11T19:09:18","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T00:09:18","slug":"what-do-you-do-with-your-168-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-168-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you do with YOUR 168 hours?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"What<\/a><\/p>\n

I have struggled with time management for as long as I can remember.<\/p>\n

I’ve always wanted to do much more than I could and I’ve always been a super-duper procrastinator on the things I don’t want to do. And my husband isn’t shy at reminding me that I’m terrible at judging how long it takes to do anything. (He is a nice guy. And he is honest.)<\/p>\n

A few nights ago I came across 168 Hours<\/a> by Laura Vanderkam on Money Saving Mom<\/a>. There are 168 hours in a week and Laura suggests that by looking at each week as a unit instead of each day, one can better manage her time. (There are also other fantastic principles in there, but we will start with that one.)<\/p>\n

I started reading it Monday night and it has already made me re-think my time and where I am placing my efforts.<\/p>\n

Right at the beginning, Laura suggests that you should log your time for a week and see where it really<\/em> goes. Her premise is that you really have more time than you think you do. And I think she might be right.<\/p>\n

I’ve only been logging for two days and just that act has caused me to be more intentional. It has also shown me a few spots where I can be more efficient or where I am doing quite well already. I can’t wait to see where my time goes at the end of my week and apply the other concepts she suggests in the book!<\/p>\n

I intended to finish the book before reviewing it, but I couldn’t wait to share that one eye-opening tip with you.<\/p>\n

For anyone out there struggling with time management… or wondering about reading the Bible in 90 Days with us starting July 11<\/a>, but is wondering where you will get that extra hour a day, I suggest you give her time log a try.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You might also be surprised! And after reading just a bit of her book, I bet you’ll see how you can fit those things that really matter into your schedule.<\/p>\n

Go download her 168 hour time log <\/a>and start jotting down what you are really<\/em> doing…<\/p>\n

Where do you think you spend most of your 168 hours? How would you like to spend it?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have struggled with time management for as long as I can remember. I’ve always wanted to do much more than I could and I’ve always been a super-duper procrastinator on the things I don’t want to do. And my husband isn’t shy at reminding me that I’m terrible at judging how long it takes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,435,13],"tags":[346],"class_list":["post-8183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moms-journal","category-reviews","category-home","tag-time-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8183"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11636,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8183\/revisions\/11636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}