{"id":14908,"date":"2018-10-30T14:09:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T03:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/?p=11298"},"modified":"2024-07-15T21:22:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T21:22:01","slug":"3-ways-to-find-more-time-for-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/melbourne\/2018\/10\/30\/3-ways-to-find-more-time-for-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"3 ways to find more time for yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

So often we hear that we need to \u201cput our oxygen mask on first\u201d, meaning that we need to look after ourselves first before others. Let\u2019s face it, it\u2019s hard. Regardless of what you are juggling in your life, we all have competing priorities. Then there\u2019s what society expects of us, what we see online, and the expectations we put on ourselves. It\u2019s no wonder so many parents are rung out, stressed out, and tired. So how do we make sure we\u2019re taken care of? We\u2019ve gathered up some tips for you to try.<\/p>\n

Plan out your week<\/h3>\n

\"\"Ok, so there\u2019s no accounting for those last minute surprises that get thrown at us but if you plan out your week, each week, you can see where your time goes & where you can steal some time.<\/p>\n

Some people use a wall calendar and others use a bullet journal to do this. A weekly plan with all your appointments, kids activities, important events, and due dates will have your week there at a glance. If you use a weekly planner, include a space for things happening next week so you can prepare in advance.<\/p>\n

While shared online calendars are handy for appointments, they \u00a0don\u2019t offer the flexibility for those tasks that \u201cjust need to be done this week but it doesn\u2019t matter when\u201d. Sure you could schedule a time for them, but there\u2019s always the temptation to shifting the time or date and before you know it they\u2019ve not been done!<\/p>\n

Outsource<\/h3>\n

\"\"Honestly, buy yourself the time. Do online groceries in your lunch break and have them hone delivered. Buy prepared meals and save the prep. Carpool with other parents for events and activities.<\/p>\n

There are so many ways to gain more time for yourself. It doesn\u2019t have to be expensive. It doesn\u2019t have to mean getting a cleaner. It doesn\u2019t have to save you a lot of time. Saving 5 minutes every day means an extra 25 minutes for each working week, or 20 hours over a standard work year (that\u2019s almost one full day).<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget that the Bop till you Drop team are here to help you with party and event entertainment which will save you a lot of time.<\/p>\n

Change the way you think about time<\/h3>\n

\"\"Have you heard of the Law of Attraction? You can use it on time too! We tend to think that time is fixed. It isn\u2019t. Each day, week, year, has a little less or a little more time in it than the one before.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve had the feeling of time standing still or flying by. The thing is that if we think we don\u2019t have enough time, we won\u2019t. The opposite is true, if we are relaxed about the time we have, then we will have plenty.<\/p>\n

We have an amazing ability to use up all of our resources (including time) no matter how much we are given. Be mindful of how you choose to fill your time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So often we hear that we need to \u201cput our oxygen mask on first\u201d, meaning that we need to look after ourselves first before others. Let\u2019s face it, it\u2019s hard….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67,112,68,69,60,70,55],"tags":[139,219,203],"class_list":["post-14908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-blog-adelaide","category-blog-centralcoast","category-blog-melbourne","category-blog-perth","category-blog-sydney","category-blog-wollongong","category-childrens-party-tips","tag-birthday-parties-for-kids","tag-kids-entertainement","tag-kids-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/melbourne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/melbourne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/melbourne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/melbourne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/melbourne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/melbourne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/melbourne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/melbourne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.boptillyoudrop.com.au\/melbourne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}