Just like the rest of you.

This site is here to hopefully help you get more organized. And along the way I’ll talk about what I’m doing in my own household. Things that have worked for other moms. Things that have worked for you, even.

There’s no single “right” way to do things. What is right for you is what works. Be willing to experiment a little.

I’m experimenting right now with my schedule. Since I don’t get up and leave the house every morning, my routines are different. And I haven’t found that way of doing things that works best. Part of it is the baby and his schedule. Maybe I’m a little bit too much at his mercy. But I think there’s a time later for more regimented planning. Right now things are a little more flexible.

Hmmm, maybe too flexible. I still feel like a brand new mom, though, like I’m still learning a lot. In some ways it gets easier as he gets older. In other ways, not so much. He’s crawling – I need to keep an eye on him much more than when I could set him in a spot and he’d stay there.

It’s an evolving process, this keeping track of things and feeling in control. I confess I feel more in control some days, less in others.

What would you like to work on? What are you struggling with? Maybe we can work it out together.

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It takes a day or two to get back into the swing after travel. I have to catch up on email, regular mail, and all the other paperwork that running a household and business entails. And I’ll need to unpack, process my receipts, and follow up with all of the people I met.

You see, I’m the paperwork person – I handle the tedious tasks that a household requires, since I have more of an affinity for it than my husband does. So after traveling I have to catch up on a lot of things.

I need to pick up where I left off with projects, things that I couldn’t attend to when I was gone. And that means sitting down for a few minutes and remembering where I was the last time. Switching gears is sometimes where we lose a lot of traction. Where did I leave off…? It can be even harder when you’re a mom because you have so much more to keep track of.

Additionally, there’s laundry for me and the baby (since he’s too small to stay home, he goes with me). Somehow I have to squeeze all of this in around his schedule (usually naps).

I tend to feel out of sorts for a bit after I get home, but that could just be me. I don’t do a ton of traveling and I rely heavily on routine to keep myself organized. And sane. So something that’s out of the ordinary can really throw me for a loop. It takes a day or two to settle back into a normal routine. (As normal as a routine can be with a baby.)

Does it seem to take a bit of effort to get back on track after you’ve been traveling? Or do you jump right back in with little down time? Is it different when you travel by yourself, compared to when the whole family goes?

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