As many of you know, I am a Mom who also works full time outside the home. My busy schedule requires a delicate juggling act of my priorities which can certainly be stressful. But, to me, the rewards greatly outweigh the drawbacks. For this reason, I can definitely relate to Christina Hawthorne (played by Jada Pinkett Smith) in the TNT series, HawthoRNe. A little about the series:
“Juggling both family and career, recently-widowed nursing director and mother of a teenage girl, Christina Hawthorne (Jada Pinkett Smith) struggles to hold the middle ground in a battle between bureaucratic administrators, heartless doctors, and apathetic colleagues who are caught up in a system that’s forgotten whom it’s there to serve.”
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1. Tell me how you manage your priorities? How do you “do it all?” Can you relate to the main character of HawthoRNe?
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I decided whats most important- seriously- life is too stressful if you let it get to you and everyone needs to realize what is important and what is not. Time with people is most important to me, the laundry can wait or can be multitasked later- its amazing when you sit down and declutter your life- what you actually see and learn and appreciate from it all
i have a lot on my plate but always start with the stuff that is time sensitive and work from there
I manage day to day and usually on a schedule
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I start each day by exercising which relaxes me and gives me the energy to get everything on my ‘to do’ list done. If I don’t get everything done, it goes on the list for the next day.
Oh I so cannot do it all… ugh. I have to conentrate and focus on the two or three most important tasks of the day, and just work on that. It does help at least to make a mental list though.
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I try to do it all each day. I think of myself as a multi tasker. Not only am I mom, wife, sister, friend etc I try to do whatever I can to help someone if they need my help. That is what it is all about.
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I do it all by making sure each member of my family helps. I can relate to the character in Hawthorne
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I have mental lists of things that MUST be done but the nonessential things I have to write on a list.
Being an RN since 1974 I can relate as a nurse but what she does is nothing like what nursing was when I worked in a hospital.
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i don’t know how I do it. But i can manage to keep my job,raise my grand kids. both parents are mising, clean the house cook and all of that. i get a break and relaxing on the internet i love reading what other people are doing
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I try to keep things simple–try to stick to what has to be done and not get buried under all the little extras I would like to do but really don’t have time for. Also, I learned a long time ago how to say “no.” It is all too easy to overcommit oneself if you feel like you have to say “yes” to every request.
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I manage my priorities by just doing the important things first. Thanks to DVR and online – everything else can be caught up on eventually. Thanks for the fun.
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How do I handle it all? I use my calendar in my blackberry. I swear, I have alarms going off all day!
I get lots of help and support from my family and friends. I couldn’t do it otherwise.
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Looks like a great show
I work a job where I can set my own hours, so I work realy early or really late so I can be home with the kids. The rest of my day is making sure the kids have what they need and if the house does not get cleaned or dishes done there is always tomorrow to try again. Just as long as everyone is healhty and happy life is good.
To keep stress down I don’t take on anything extra unless I have the extra time.
I try to make good use of my day and prioritize things.
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Just do it. Do a little bit everyday even if you don’t want to
I have a lot of help my kids do their chores and help out making dinner.
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I do my best to just keep myself in check and honestly pace myself. The more I stress myself out, the less I get done. Making lists of things I know need to get done is great for me as I can physically see what needs done!
I don’t do it all but I triage (to use a nurse word) and make sure the important things are done and the rest either happens or not.
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I honestly don’t try and do it all, otherwise I would go crazy. Family first, then housework, then if we have time the other things get done