Hey Ladies! Are you working from home, with all your kids and even partners at home?

With the pandemic and people being forced to spend the whole day together in the confinement of their homes, the struggle with balancing your mom/ spouse hat and Momma Boss hat is real!

It can feel like the inmates are running the yard. Ha!

How do you manage it all, and still stay focused on the things that matter most?

Your business, your kids, your spouse and the messes that seem to accumulated faster than before everyone was home around the clock. Like many, you can't afford to take time off, and even if you can- the momentum you had before this whole this started will be harder to get back once this whole thing blows over. Eww.

So how do you keep your business and work on track and still take care of your humans. Depending on how old your kids are- there will be some variables, but it can still work. It just requires getting organized.

5 Things To Continue to Run Your Life and Your Household

1) Get Organized

Seriously! GET. ORGANIZED.

Keep a calendar, plan your day and maintain as much of a routine as possible. In most states kids are still in being held to a standard by the school districts, assigned homework and many teachers, if they haven't already are gearing up for teaching via video and zoom.

So kids still have to learn, do homework and submit the homework. Everyone is being homeschooled. So use this to your advantage. Map out time blocks of learning for them and working for you. It doesn't matter if its 30 minute blocks of 3 hour blocks. It's truly incredible what an happen in a short period of time when you are focused.

2) Communicate Your Needs

Communicate what you need to your kids and partner. Seriously, no one can read your mind, so you gotta tell them what you need.

If you need a break, say I need a break.

If you need to lock yourself in a closet and just get things done, then tell them you will be the closet- do not disturb.

If they need to fend for themselves, cook their own food or clean their own spaces, for the love of all that is good- tell them.

3) Set Boundaries

For real, rules and boundaries will save your life! It’s also really good to teach your children about boundaries early on, so they don’t have to learn how to set boundaries later in life, when they have realized the hard realities that come with not having any boundaries.

Set some boundaries, communicate your boundaries, and have your family set boundaries as well.

It will take the household stress from a 8 to a 2.

4) Have rewards

Your end of day reward used to be glass of wine, right?

Now everyone gets an end of day reward for showing up, respecting boundaries, and following through oon your households shared mission for the day.

I don’t know about you, but I love to celebrate a job well done. A win is a win is a win.

If the win of the day, as communicated to everyone was to get 3 hours of focused work done and complete a project- everyone gets a reward. Ice cream, board games, a living room fort building competition, etc.

Whatever the reward is- get the agreement of your family at the beginning of the day and everyone will work towards that reward. Making whatever sacrifices they need to make through out the day to make it happen.

5) Take Breaks

Take breaks through out the day to enjoy each other, and enjoy life a little bit.

You have to be intentional about taking breaks and not taking life so seriously. Even though most of us are holed up at home with our humans- it doesn’t have to be all work and structure. You can have fun too.

At the end of the day, we are all making sacrifices, stressing about the future and figuring out how to make it all work right now. Find a way to enjoy it.