Take Back Your Time: How to Become a Motivated Time Saving Mama

By Emily Bendler

Are you constantly running from one thing to the next with things slipping through the cracks?

I've been where you are mama. I know the struggle between balancing kids, and work, and friends, and family, and community, and self. Its hard to get it all done while maintaining sanity. Often something gets left behind and its usually ourselves.

This book will give you practical tools to help you get in control of your time. You will learn to

* Create schedules that work
* Tackle those mountains of paper
* Prioritize self without neglecting others
* Get and stay motivated
* Create to do lists that actually work
* and so much more!!

This is a quick read because us mamas don't have time for fluff. Every page is packed with info to help you become a motivated time saving mama.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Emily Bendler
• Release date: Jan 2, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370552467

Emily Bendler

Emily Bendler is a busy mom who is always looking fun and easy ways to spend quality time with her kids. She is constantly finding ways to stay organized and manager her time in order to maximize said family time. Emily is a mom, wife, insurance adjuster, professional dancer, dance teacher, graduate student, founder of a non profit, pageant queen, and blogger. Her children include her son Tyler, born in February 2013 and her daughter Hailey, born in May 2016. She also has a wonderful husband Steven and two fur babies, Bruiser and Bronco.

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Take Back Your Time:

How to Become a Motivated Time Saving Mama

Copyright 2017 Emily Bendler

Published by Emily Bendler at Smashwords

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Busy Vs. Productive

Chapter 2: Do you Know Your Priorities?

Chapter 3: Goal Setting

Chapter 4: Catching Up to Now

Chapter 5: How To Say No To Over-Commitment

Chapter 6: Batching Your Time

Chapter 7: Weekly Basket Organization Tactic

Chapter 8: The Right Kind of To Do List

Chapter 9: Morning Self Care

Chapter 10: Why Exercise Matters

Chapter 11: Pen and Paper

Chapter 12: What to Do When Stuff Happens

Chapter 13: Habits of Successful People

Chapter 14: How to Shut Off Work

Chapter 15: Evening Routine

Chapter 16: Why Journaling Matters

Chapter 17: Your Done List

Chapter 18: Meal Planning

Chapter 19: If You’re Feeling Lost

Chapter 20: The Power of Gratitude and Reflection

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Acknowledgements

A huge, huge thank you to my husband Steve for always being my biggest cheerleader. You always encourage me in the pursuit of my latest new ambition and you do whatever it takes to help make it come to fruition. I am truly blessed to have found you, and I am forever thankful.

I also want to thank my kids, Tyler, Hailey, and Baby #3 for being my truest inspiration. It is because of you that my time has become so much more valuable. Everything I learn and do is because of you guys. I am a lucky mama to have been blessed with such fun, silly, and insightful children. Mama loves you!

Introduction

Hey, mama! I am so glad you are here. I, like you, am a busy mom with a lot on her plate. I have work and family, school and friends, my blog and myself. At the time I am writing this book, I work full time, have 2 small kids, I’m in grad school, I blog, I teach dance, I’m the founder of a nonprofit, and I still make time for friends, family and self-care. That’s a lot for one person to manage.

If motherhood were a business, us mamas would probably be required to obtain several years of training in order to manage everything we have on our plate. We’d likely have courses in time management, spreadsheets, calendar software, people management, and budgeting. There would be webinars and seminars and workshops all created to teach us how to make decisions, set goals, create efficiencies and prevent burnout.

In reality moms are often thrust into the role of mother and homemaker with little idea of how to make it all work. We become overwhelmed, we lose our identity, we feel like we are drowning in a sea of never ending to dos. We wonder how our own mothers did it and quickly realize that we’re living in a whole different ballgame.

In this book, I take tactics from my own experience combined with concepts taught to business leaders and entrepreneurs and apply them to motherhood. You will learn how some of the most successful people start and end their day in order to make the most of the middle. I will also discuss techniques you can use during your day to create efficiencies and make the best use of your time.

Several times throughout the book I will mention printable pages that I use to help organize and plan out my time. I want you to get the most out of this book so I’m sharing with you all of the planning pages for free. Just head on over to www.themultitaskingmomsite.net/take-back-your-time and sign up for my resource library where you can find all of the worksheets discussed in this book and more.

Who is this book for?

This book is for every mama. You can be a dedicated business mama, a working mama, a budding entrepreneur, a stay at home mom, a work at home mom, a mama looking to get her energy back, or any combination of these. In other words, this book is for all moms. Moms who want to feel less frazzled and more in control of their time no matter what they want or have to do with that time.

Too often books on organizing time cater only to moms who want to start a business. On the one hand, this is great because starting a business takes a lot of time and organization, but so does plain being a mom. This book is for moms who are not necessarily looking to start a business, although beware, once you start organizing your time and setting goals, you might want to become an entrepreneur too!

Who is this book not for?

This book is not for the person who is looking for a magic bullet to find 5 extra hours in the day. You will not suddenly be able to complete everything ever on your to do list and then relax for the rest of your life.

Efficiently managing your time takes effort and planning. Also, the very thing we are trying to manage, motherhood, can be super spontaneous. We have to be prepared that some days will get the best of us. But with this book we can help ensure that most days, we get the best of the day.

I know that you are a kind and loving mama who just wants to make the best use of her time so that you can spend more quality time with your family and less time feeling frazzled and overwhelmed.

I know because I am a mom just like you. I have play dates, and kids’ activities, and sick days, and work life to juggle. I know the feeling of being asked Mommy, do you want to play with me? and feeling your heart strings being pulled all the while thinking but I have this, this, and this to do.

Most productivity books out there are by men for men. The few by women are generally for those looking to start a business. They advocate staying up all night and pushing yourself and all these crazy things that make you feel out of control and eventually burnt out. This book is