Manage Your Task List Like a Boss Even with a New Baby at Home
This week, I’m showing you the next step: How to manage it all and make sure everything is getting done, even if it’s not you doing every single thing.
(And, in doing this, if you discover that it IS you doing every single thing, you’ll also discover how to pass those things off to someone else.)
One of the most common things I hear from new moms is that they suddenly feel like there are so many more things they have to do now. The chores seem to multiply literally overnight!
But you can totally handle it all like a boss. You just have to make a plan and make sure your partner and support people know where they can jump in to help. (Because the boss doesn’t do everything, they delegate out.)
That’s where my Home Life Management Hub spreadsheet comes in.
This tool is where you’ll keep track of all the tasks you do throughout the day--even the ones that you don’t even realize you’re doing or don’t even realize they’re tasks to be managed. You’ll make a comprehensive list, then determine who does each task, when, how, who is doing them, and which ones are a burden that could use some extra support.
I recommend you share this tool with your partner and (ideally) even work on filling it out together. I also recommend you share this tool with any support people you have in your life--your parents or in-laws, close friends, your nanny, the other moms at your child’s daycare… Anyone who might come to visit regularly and you trust to help.
Not sure if this tool is for you? I promise, you don’t need to be a new mom to see the value in this spreadsheet.
If your kids are juggling after school activities, this is also for you.
If you and your partner both have crazy work schedules, this is also for you.
If you are a human being trying to do it all in our complicated, modern world, this tool is for you.
I’ve already been getting such positive feedback from users of this spreadsheet, it’s amazing:
One mom told me she didn’t realize she was doing everything until she sat down and typed it all out.
Another told me that her partner had been wanting to help for a long time, but just didn’t know where to jump in--using this spreadsheet solved that problem (and put an end to their arguments over it!).
A couple shared with me that it helped them identify the areas that were most important to them, so they could prioritize the tasks they needed to do now, and ones they would work toward and plan a date on the calendar to get them accomplished ASAP (i.e. their trust and will, buying a new car, planning family vacation, etc.) This ended their arguments, since they felt they were working together instead of having separate ideas in their heads about what the priorities were.
So, check out the tutorial below, try out the spreadsheet yourself, and see how it helps you.
When you’re done, you can print it out, highlight the tasks you need help with, and post it on your refrigerator. That way, when visitors come over and ask how they can help you, you can just direct them to your list and let them find the tasks they’re willing and able to do.
(Also, I realize not everyone is a fan of spreadsheets. If you’d rather clean a million toilets than ever have to deal with spreadsheets, I get it. Still, I recommend you download it and have a closer look. You can easily modify the content for a Word doc or Evernote or even good old-fashioned pen and paper, if you want to.)
Are you ready to start delegating and making sure things get done, but need a place to manage it all?
Then, check out the Home Life Management Hub "How To" video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOabY_vhGcc&w=854&h=480
If you missed the matrix tutorial video, click here to watch.
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