Days 37 Doing It All In Balance

It's totally possible as long as you remember this one very important detail.....rotation. Believe it or not, you can work, teach children (school, life lessons, home management, finances, fitness/nutrition etc.), keep your budget in balance, pantry stocked, home cooked meals throughout the week made, clean house, projects and to-do's doing, hobbies, down time, family time, workouts, and all the rest all at once and all in balance. The key is to know 1) perfection doesn't exist & 2) you have to rotate out tasks daily/weekly. An example of rotation for staying on top of it all and in balance:

Clean House

1. Clean as you go by cleaning dishes as you cook, picking up as you walk through a room, putting in a load of laundry around meal times. If you do this in rotation throughout the day/week, your house is always picked up and in order.
2. It's easier to rotate out the heavy cleaning tasks by doing a chore every day which reduces time spent on it and it always being done. Dust lightly once a week, but really well once to twice a month. Wipe down your bathrooms after every shower, but scrub every other week (if you are lightly cleaning every day this is all it takes). Spring Clean throughout the year and it's not such a big ordeal by taking one task a week (e.g., move the furniture in the living room and clean it thoroughly including window treatments once every few months if you are home a lot with multiple people/pets, but less if you are not home much and have little to no inhabitants....and then it takes less time and it's always clean and the weekly clean up is less involved). Always keep your fridge and pantry straightened by wiping, tossing, and straightening as you unload and put away the groceries.
3. Tackle projects/repairs/and the like in increments and in rotation (especially if time is short) and they get done. You don't have to set aside time and expense when you do it this way, added bonus is it's also not such a mental ordeal if you aren't always having to put it off for the nonexistent perfect time.
4. Rotating and doing little bits as you go keeps it done, keeps you organized, keeps you joyful, and frees up an insane amount of time for all the rest on your plate to do, touch, and finish!