How To Get It All Done: Time Management For Moms (with guest Jessica N. Turner)

 A couple weeks ago we asked all of you to tell us what’s keeping you from being your happiest mom selves. There was a clear number one answer. Here’s how listener Colleen put it:    I think I struggle most with time management. There are only so many hours in the day and I want to do it all. I am a part-time health coach working for myself, but honestly not working a lot right now because I feel pulled in a hundred different directions as a parent. I really just wish for more hours in the day.    Even with the best of intentions, we all sometimes end up freaking out about how much we have to do— and therefore doing nothing at all, frozen in place like the dog in David Lynch’s comic strip The Angriest Dog in the World (which also handily serves as Margaret’s #oldilocksalert for this week). In this episode we talk about the ways we manage our time to work smarter, like Workflowy (use our link to get the first 250 items free) Self Control app or the Chrome extension Block Site Laura Vanderkam’s books and 168 Hours Time Management worksheet Amy also talks time management strategies with guest Jessica N. Turner, author of the new book Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive. We talk about “need to do” vs. “nice to do,” the non-negotiability of self-care, and what it means to thrive in all areas of our lives as working mothers. The best time management secret? Be more gentle with ourselves, not more demanding. The systems are in place to help us do what matters. Not to help us do more.