If you look on the right hand side of our blog there is a box that reads:
"The average American wastes about an hour a day looking for things they can't find or redoing work that they already did but lost."
Think about all the other things you could be doing with that hour. What is disorganization costing you?
I was thinking yesterday about that quote and what it really means... what else could you do for yourself or your family if you had an added hour a day... that is an extra seven hours in a week! I always tell people that getting organized is one of the very few things in this world that can actualy give you more time.
Most of us have a list a mile long of things we would do if we had extra time! However, in case you can't think of any exciting enough to motivate you... read this list of 50 things that women/moms can do if we only had that extra hour in our day:
Spend Time With Family
1. Play with your kids
2. Read a book with your kids
3. Cuddle on the couch and watch a show with your kids
4. Go on a bike ride with your family
5. Take your kids out for ice cream
6. Spend an hour of time with your husband
7. Do a craft project with your kids
8. Bake cookies with your kids and share them with someone in your life
9. Play a board game as a family
Pamper Yourself
10. Take a bubble bath
11. Get a massage
12. Sleep in an hour
13. Get a manicure or pedicure
14. Go to the salon for a cute cut and style
15. Get a facial
16. Take a nap
Educate yourself
17. Read a book
18. Read a magazine
19. Go to the library
20. Research a topic you want to learn more about
21. Take a class that is offered in your community
Socialize
22. Go to lunch with a friend
23. Catch up with an old friend on the phone or by email
24. Plan a play date for your children.
25. Host a dinner party with friends
Do Good
26. Volunteer in your community or kid’s school
27. Visit a local nursing home and adopt a senior citizen to visit
28. Get involved in a church program where you can do community outreach
29. Volunteer at a local food bank or soup kitchen
30. Mentor a Teen Mom
31. Get more involved in your kid’s sports teams or activities
Try Something New
32. Take up a hobby
33. Start a blog
34. Start a journal
35. Plant and Tend a garden
36. Take a class to learn a skill you have always wanted to learn (dance, art, music)
37. Learn to bake or cook something new
38. Learn a foreign language
Make your house the home you want
39. Scrapbook old photos
40. Clean out a closet
41. Organize your pantry
42. Find ways to make your home more green and implement one a week
43. Tackle an overdue project you have wanted to do
Be a Healthier Version of You
44. Take a yoga/fitness class
45. Start working out
46. Shop at a health food store to find new foods and snacks for you and your family
47. Go for a walk
48. Try a new physical activity each week: Roller skating, biking, hiking, swimming, etc
Plan Ahead
49. Search for Vacation locations and shop for deals
50. Get a jump start on early gift giving for the holidays by shopping sales
Do any of these ideas appeal to you? Do you find yourself reading one or two of them and saying... "Yes, I wish I had the time for that!" It is not out of your reach... you can start today by making a choice to committ to get more organized and enjoy life a little more. It's amazing what you can do when you are not bogged down by clutter!
I would love to hear what other ideas you have, which idea is your favorite... or what you would do with that extra hour a day. Leave me a comment and you will be entered to win a 10 free downloads from our company Simple Organized Sanity! We will draw for our winner Friday at 2:30 CST! I am excited to hear from you.
2 comments:
Great list! Thank you. I copied it and posted it on our online family calendar. We use www.casablast.com to help organize our family. I am going to try to figure out how we can find an extra hour at least 3 days a week to spend more time together!
Love Casablast! It is a very cool site to use... in fact it will be featured in an upcoming post. :)
Glad you loved the list
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