A Day In My Life

I am constantly saying that there just isn't enough time in the day to do all that I need/want to do. I feel like I am running around all day doing "stuff" and then at the end of the day I wonder if I really did anything. So I thought I would do a little experiment. For an entire day I decided to keep track of everything I did, every minute of the day. I wanted to know, am I really as busy as I think I am? Am I wasting my time with unnecessary things? Am I spending my time wisely? So this is how my day broke down on Wednesday, January 13, 2010...

5:05 a.m. - Alarm goes off. Time to WAKE UP!
5:30-6:30 - Spinning Class at Gold's Gym
7:00 - Shower, get dressed
7: 15 - Wake up Mitchel. Get him breakfast, make lunch, pack backpack, etc.
7: 40 - Max and Mason wake up. Mason wet the bed (my fault, I forgot to make him go right before bed last night) so into the tub.
7:55 Mitchel out the door for school (luckily I didn't have the carpool today)
8:00 breakfast for Max and Mason
8:05 Miles wakes up

Peek-A-Boo

I see you!

8:25-9:25 - Make grocery list, match the adds, cut coupons

9:25-9:35 - Phone call to my YW 1st Councilor to make sure we are on the same page for the activity tonight.

9:35-9:45 - change and dress Miles (he's cute so we play for a minute)

9:45-10:15 - do my makeup and hair, brush teeth, etc. while Max plays on the computer, Mason reads books, and Miles sits in his bouncy chair

10:15 - 10:20 - Make bed, pick up books

10:20 - Miles down for his first nap

10:20-10:37 - Clean kitchen

Before

After

10:40 - 11:18 - Scan in photos for a photo montage for a wedding I am filming on Saturday
11:20 - Cook, eat, and clean up lunch

11:45 - take Max to Kindergarten

12:00-1:30 p.m. - Shopping at Walmart

1:30-2:10 - Unload groceries while returning the messages on my answering machine

2:10 - 2:50 - Play with Mason and Miles, feed Miles cereal, color with Mason, take 4 phone calls

2:50 - Miles down for nap #2, check email and facebook

3:02 - Start boiling chicken for dinner tonight, put in a load of laundry, have a snack

3:15 - Mitchel and Max home from school

3:15 - 3:42 - Help Mitchel with homework and piano practice, get out art activities for Max and Mason

3:42 -4:25 - Work on wedding video

4:30 - Start making dinner (chicken noodle soup)

5:00 - Take Mitchel to piano

5:05-5:15 - Back to making dinner

5:15 - finally sit down and turn on the T.V. to watch the news.

6:00 - Mike gets home. Eat dinner as a family

6:10- Miles wakes up. Change and feed him

6:30-9:00 - Young Womens. I taught a lesson on healthy eating and nutrition. Then we made smoothies and a healthy dessert (fun and yummy)

9:00-9:35 - Clean up the house after being gone to YW. Feed Miles again. Brush my teeth and wash my face. Put Miles in pajamas and put him to bed

9:35-9:45 - Family scripture reading and family prayer

9:45-10:00 - Read 2 stories to Max and Mason

10:02 p.m. - tuck everyone in bed. Set out gym clothes for tomorrow

10:05-10: 15 - talk to Mike

10:15 - get in bed and fall asleep INSTANTLY!

Wow! What an experiment. I learned that I am as busy as I thought and I am using my time pretty well. There were a lot of things I didn't have time to do like laundry, vacuum, and clean the bathroom. Now I know why some of that stuff has to wait for other days. It also helped me see that on those days where I am not quite as busy, it's okay to take a nap and I shouldn't feel guilty about it. This was fun to do and gave me a new perspective of my life. I noticed that I am very good at mulit-tasking and prioritizing what needs to get done first. I don't see anything slowing down in the near future, so I'm just going to keep on plugging along and doing the best I can.