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Day 137: Walking (and a Bit of Blogging) Helps with Lockdown Stress
Some people need stimulation from ‘other people’ and ‘things’ to be happy (group A) and some people can be happy from just being with themselves (group B). I think we have two in each group in our house. I’m in … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 Challenge, Health and wellness, Inspiration, working mum
Tagged calm, Exercise, overwhelmed, slow down, space, stress, worklife balance
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Recharging Batteries before Getting Organised
Sometimes the best use of our time is doing nothing and sometimes we just need to get organised. Sometimes the former needs to be done before you are in the right fame of mind to do the latter. No one … Continue reading
Making Decisions about Clutter
I woke up in the early hours of this morning and when I couldn’t fall back to sleep, I thought about how much clutter I could be clearing in the spare room if I actually had the energy to get … Continue reading
Posted in decluttering, Inspiration, Toys, mess and clutter
Tagged clutter, decluttering, organised, overwhelmed
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Start at the front door
I tried the above tip yesterday, after returning from holiday and realising that I never tided up before leaving for the airport 2 weeks before! The place was a mess and I was pleased that no one was coming round … Continue reading
Posted in Getting organised, Toys, mess and clutter, Uncategorized
Tagged chores, decluttering, overwhelmed, tips
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Have You Asked for Time to Yourself Lately?
I have a smile on my face because I have just asked for a couple of hours to myself. I want to emerge a much happier person than I was feeling just before lunch. Although it’s lovely to have time … Continue reading
Posted in Me time, Parenting
Tagged blogging, happy, Life, overwhelmed, stress, working mum, worklife balance, writing
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Batteries set to ‘recharge’
I have split this blog into two parts ‘batteries empty’ and ‘batteries on recharge’. Up until today, I’d had ‘one of those weeks’ where everything has felt too much. Fortunately I have just over a week off work now which I am … Continue reading
Posted in Fun and relaxation, Goals and direction, Health and wellness, Life, Me time, Miscellaneous, Quality time
Tagged balance, calm, dreams, Goals and Direction, happy, health, Life, life skills, me time, organised, overwhelmed, parenting, relaxing, slow down, stress, tips, work, working mum, worklife balance
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The chaos of housework and chores
On Saturdays, my partner and I are mostly rushing around taking the girls to swimming, to parties and carrying out various other errands and chores. Today was no different. Finding myself with a small gap of time, I thought I … Continue reading
Posted in Getting organised, Household chores, Life, Me time, Time management, Toys, mess and clutter, Uncategorized
Tagged chores, clutter, Housework, Life, mess, organised, overwhelmed, stress, tips, working mum, worklife balance
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