Juggling
I have recently had so many conversations about how to balance life with a busy schedule-be it working outside the home, children, caring for parents, etc, that I wanted to put down some of the things that I have done to TRY to balance my life. For my close friends, you know that I get mixed up, forget the book for book club, and serve dinner as cereal, so there is no firm solution-and I am no maven at this, but I am learning and have a few items that help! 1. I never cook dinner on a weeknight. Never. Why? After working at the office, commuting, driving people places and walking the dog, there's no way. I also love cooking and I know if I make it a horrible chore, it will no longer be cathartic. So---once or twice a month, I figure out about 17-20 meals that I can cook. Costco or Walmart shopping done, I have all the ingredients. I have a list of what I am going to cook and no joke---I plot all meals in pencil on the family calendar. I ...