Simple Productivity Tips for Working Moms

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Do you wonder that you feel things never get much done?

As a busy mom, we don’t want to waste our time. We want all our work done.

I always increase my productivity and make time for myself; otherwise, you know what happens! Yes, my dear mamas, we may burn out ?.

How can a working mom be productive? How To Be More Productive As A Working Mom. Productivity Tips for Working Moms and Mompreneurs. I have learned a few things over the years to help me stay more organized and get more of the right things accomplished each day.

Please! Don’t judge me, mamas. I’m not the most productive mother in the universe.

But we have heard of moms that are so accomplished.

Well, first of all. Busy moms don’t look fabulous all the time.

Maybe they look fantastic because they chose to only share those fabulous-looking photos on Instagram.

The ugly truth is that their life is probably not as easy as it looks on Instagram. And that we all have those same 24 hours in a day.

We want to do things without breaking our life balance. It is ok if one or two things are pending on our list. Let it go to next week’s job task list.

There are some ways I do my responsibilities to run my family and my work. I hope you get some inspiration.

So let’s get started,

Simple Productivity Tips for Working Moms

A quick navigation

Create a to-do must list before you

Wake up before your Kids
Create a Routine
Plan and Prepare Weekends

Do group
Plan ahead
Do group Multitasking

Set a Mind Calculator for each task
Take a break
Create a to-do List Before You Sleep

Just getting over to do things out of the head will help in feeling restless or stressed out.

Why you should keep a dairy?

a lady wearing jeans writing in a diary — Plan goals and tasks in a diary or planner

I like to keep a personal dairy with all my plans yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily tasks and goals.

This helps me to drive my day in the correct direction without overthinking anything; what must you do? And how can you spend your time efficiently?.

And you don’t want to make time in your busy and hectic mornings. Make sure to finish the most priority task first.

My brain dump list looks like this,

Dress for the purple day(nursery)

Guest room Cleaning
Write a rough blog post
Complete the PDF

Kids PTA meeting
Vegetable cutting

Simple Productivity Tips for Working Moms

1. Wake up Before Your kids

alarm clock showing 6am in the morning — Wake before kids

This is the best way to start your day with some peace and quiet.

I usually do my prayers and skincare before my kids wake up and start demanding.

If you want to be more productive, I would recommend getting up an hour before your kids.

Even if you decide to wake up a simple 15 minutes before your kids and steal a moment to soak up the quiet stillness of the morning, you’ll feel so much more ahead of the day instead of running behind.

I took baby steps and started waking up before my kid and the results were life-changing. No, enormously, waking up early changed my life.

Try to sleep early to get a nice goodnight sleep to enjoy a less rushed and morning.

2. Create a routine

a glimpse of daily routine of a busy mom

Create a routine that always keeps you ahead of the game.

Habits or routines are powerful, but they’re not easy to form particularly good habits.

Creating a schedule for your daily tasks and activities that you’re able to stick to will help you form good habits and break bad ones for a more productive, happier life.

A good routine literally helps you to survive in all hectic times. Try to practice, and you will find your best and life-saving ones.

Create your own daily cleaning routine and weekly cleaning routine.

I’m sure that you can figure out what works with your family. It takes time, but once you find it, then that’s a life-changer.

3. Plan and prepare weekends

picnic vibes during weekends vacations with snacks and reading — Enjoy your weekends to recharge your battery

During weekends we tend to relax and rejuvenate.

Finishing some of your chores can make you so relaxed.

If you do your grocery shopping (free grocery shopping checklist), meal planning, and meal prepping done, then you can face your busy weekdays more easily.

You can cut your grocery bill in half while saving your sanity.

Make your weekend productive by planning it. Plan things that you would love to do and are passionate about.

As I told before, weekends are the days where people recharge their energy and build their momentum.

Don’t forget to make the most out of your weekend, and not let it slips away.

4. Do group multitasking

I know we mothers can do multitasking. We are the best at doing many tasks at a time, isn’t it? Yes! We are Super Moms.

Multitasking can result in time wasted due to human context switching and becoming prone to errors due to insufficient attention.

If one becomes proficient at two tasks, it is possible to rapidly shift attention between the work and perform the tasks well.

But here I would suggest you stop usual multitasking and do group multitasking.

Instead of bouncing from one thing to another, similar group tasks together. Complete them in a dedicated block of time (block schedule system).

This helps you to increase your concentration and productivity

5. Set your mind to calculate time for each task

Calculate your precious time for each task and manage your time

When you set a time for each task in your mind, then the task completions automatically make your brain itself to finish it before it’s deadlines.

You are more likely to get it done. I usually give 30 minutes for the morning Basic Cleaning Routine.

I give just one hour to complete a task, I try to complete that task before that hour is up.

This makes me save a lot of time. I like to call work a Power task.