Everyday routine has different demands, expectations, and priorities. All the women whether working or housewives have many duties to perform. We women manage the home and are responsible for a lot of things concerned with the home.
We, housewives, manage home chores as per our convenience. When I used to work full time, I do all the home chores on my own. After I quitting my job I was doing my home chores, but I became a little lazy.
I created a daily, manageable routine which you could also do, it will help you to manage your time to become more productive. Being the mother of a toddler also increases responsibilities more. When I
didn’t have a baby, I feel like I have many hours in a day. But now I feel a shortage of time in a day. But after following a schedule I am able to manage my time in a productive way.
A woman who works outside, she earns. In the same way, a housewife who stays at home she is not earning but she is saving the expanses of a maid. But a Freelancer who stays at home to do all the activities of a housewife apart from that she earns.
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Tips/Points to be considered while drafting your schedule:
- Do advance planning for your time whether you are working or a housewife.
- Make a time chart in written format
- Set priorities for the day (laundry, going to market)
- Be Realistic with Your Time (divide time as per the tasks)
- Place time chart approaching areas like in the kitchen (on the fridge), in your bedroom (near your bed), in the drawing room (closer to T.V.)
- Don’t overburden yourself
- Do the laundry on alternate days(like on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday)
- Deep cleaning of a room done twice/thrice a week(On Monday deep clean one room, on Tuesday do another room).
- Make a list of grocery at the beginning of the month and maintain stock for the month, so that you need to go out, again and again, to purchase in slots.
- Consider time for yourself. eg. yoga, exercise, walk, etc.
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Here I am sharing my personal schedule as an example which you can incorporate into your schedule it might help you. Let’s begin.
| Sr. No. | Start Task | End Task | To do List |
| 1 | 5:00 | 5:15 | Wake up, drink lukewarm water & freshen up |
| 2 | 5:15 | 5:40 | Go for morning walk & do exercise |
| 3 | 5:40 | 6:15 | Cleaning home |
| 4 | 6:15 | 6:30 | Take bath |
| 5 | 6::30 | 6:50 | Worship |
| 6 | 6:50 | 7:20 | Cook Breakfast & serve wake up drinks (milk/tea)/ make Tiffin |
| 7 | 7:20 | 8:00 | Spend some quality time with my daughter & teach her something related to her books or moral values. |
| 8 | 8:00 | 8:40 | Prepare daughter for school/ Do some home chores in between(Washing clothes) |
| 9 | 8:40 | 9:00 | Breakfast time/ clean up utensils |
| 10 | 9:00 | 10:00 | Drop her to school & go to the temple |
| 11 | 10:00 | 12:30 | Do Freelancing job |
| 12 | 12:30 | 13:15 | Cooks lunch |
| 13 | 13:20 | 13:45 | Lunchtime/cleanup utensils |
| 14 | 13:45 | 14:15 | Go to pick up daughter |
| 15 | 14:15 | 14:45 | Give time to my daughter in her daily routine |
| 16 | 14:45 | 16:00 | Nap time |
| 17 | 16:00 | 18:30 | Freelancing work & play time with my daughter |
| 18 | 18:30 | 20:00 | Walk time & playing time for her |
| 19 | 20:00 | 21:00 | Cooks dinner |
| 20 | 21:00 | 21:30 | Have dinner/cleanup utensils |
| 21 | 21:30 | 22:00 | Freelancing work & help her in doing her homework |
| 22 | 22:00 | 22:15 | Storytime for her |
| 23 | 22:15 | 5:00 | Sleep time |
Initially, it was quite difficult for me to follow this schedule but I started practicing on it regularly. In the beginning, I need to see the schedule thing but now I am used to it. My brain follows it on its own.
“All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.”
Baltasar Gracian
Think over it, don’t waste your time utilize it productively.
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