If you are anything like me, and you have kids, that attend millions of activities, the majority of your time you spend driving kids back and forth and wasting time in between.
It requires not only great organizational skills and being very flexible, not to say available, but think about all the time you spend waiting.
Although it’s great sometimes to meet other mums and go for a cup of coffee, doing it on a daily basis is great time-waster.
When Anja has a competition, for me it means waking up in the early morning hours, driving to the venue and back home in the evening. I literally have whole day off. Although she doesn’t really need me there by her side, I spend the day at the pool, just in case… I often used to bring laptop computer with me, but I rarely even open it, let alone that I would really work. And I felt bad for not doing the things…
Living in these busy times it is necessary to organize and prioritize things in-between. But it does not mean you need to go running around and doing things you have to do. Of course you can do some errands or go shopping, but why don’t you just take some time off.
While you wait you can read good book, that you wanted to read for some time, you can listen to motivational audio book or meditation, you can go for a walk. Think about your dreams, your goals, your plans… You can even write your gratitude journal, sitting in the car or in the park.