~Time management~

This has been a problem with me for the past week. I started my new job, working from home. My position is called - pinner, mainly because when this business started, the home workers where only putting pins into badges and packing them. Now they do so much more. My fave thing to pack is Glue Pin Badges, I am fast so I can make it to where I am paid double the amount by getting the work done in half the time but recording the actual rate.

Anywho- Since I started this on Wednesday, I have put in 60.5 hours. Yeah, kinda jumped right into the job and took way to much work. I had a friend work with me and I am paying her to help her out too and it makes for a fun work environment!

I started getting sick, again, just plain wore out and decided {with the help of Mom, John and friends} that I really need to slow down. Remember my post on how clean the house was? Well,needless to say, with putting in all the hours worked, things are piling up again.

So yesterday, I had to really think about how I am going to manage my time. I actually got the kitchen cleaned again before 3pm yesterday and when I went out to work, I only brought home 4 hours of work, instead of the 10-18 hours I have been taking.

I let my employer know that I am disabled and although I LOVE the job and really want to work, I need to cut back. If I don't slow down I would get sick again and not be able to work for weeks at a time. They were okay with this and helped me figure out how much to take to be able to get my [part time] hours in.

On top of working, I am going to have a friends baby every Wednesday, except today. She messed up her knee and will be staying home today, so this gives me time to catch up around here and rest to get my strength back. It's a good thing.

So I have been up since 5:30am [getting kids off to school] and have written my first "Time management" schedule. Of course this is trial and error but I hope to get a schedule I and my family can work with. I also have to make a new chores list for the kiddos cuz they can help me a lot!!

Schedule so far:
Kids to school 6:45am & 7:45am
Chores at home 8Am - 1pm
Take back finished work 1pm-2pm [an hour drive]
Rest & nap 2-3:30 pm
Kids home from school 3:30pm
Home work, pay bills, any paperwork 3:30-5pm
Cook, eat dinner, dishes 5-7pm
Work [4 hours/day] 7-11pm
Bed before midnight and take John to work somewhere in there.
Sleep, wake up and do it again.

Seems to be easy enough, I'll see what happens after doing this today. This day will be a good one to start this mainly cuz I have pain {from working too much} and I am tired this morning. So wish me luck!