Productivity as a Homeschool Mom: The Five-Thing List That Works

You can listen to every “hack” video on the internet and still run out of time. Productivity as a homeschool mom is not another bottle of peroxide and a clever trick. This episode of Vintage Homeschool Moms is for any mom who wants more productivity in their life. Productivity As A Homeschool Mom ~ 589 Do you like to listen to the “hack” videos? Five ways to use baking soda. Hidden treasures in a bottle of peroxide. They make us think we found the answer in something that costs pennies, and the millions of downloads prove the point. Everyone wants a short cut. Hey friends. Thanks so much for joining me. I am here to tell you there is a way, and it costs nothing but a little bit of time. Can I talk about time? We say we do not have one spare second. Then a glass jar breaks, or some other unavoidable interruption happens, and somehow we have time. I have lived this. Ask me how I know. This show is proudly sponsored by Eden’s Table — a Christ-centered herbalism curriculum for K-5 homeschool families. One plant a week, woven through Bible, science, history, art, and Latin. Try a free week → Show Notes Notes: http://vintagehomeschoolmoms.com Keywords: homeschool mom productivity, five things to-do list, homeschool time management, busy homeschool mom routine, stop scrolling start working, household habits that save time The Meme and the Vanilla The other day my assistant sent me a meme. It said: Me: I have zero free time and I’m exhausted. Also Me: I bet I have time to make homemade vanilla extract for literally everyone I know this Christmas. I sent her a picture of the finished bottle I had bottled the previous day. I wish I was joking. Some of us, when we are overwhelmed, turn to the easy things. The things that take the fewest brain cells. That is where the scrolling comes in — YouTube, Facebook, Instagram. It is mindless. It is entertaining. If we are honest, it helps us forget the bigger goals of the day. This is not a lecture. It is the truth. Here is the way most people who are actually productive work. I have seen it over and over. There are two versions. I will give you the least painful first. Five Things. Not Ten. At the end of the day, when you are exhausted — I know — write down the five things you need to get done tomorrow. It can be what did not get done today, an appointment you have, or something that cannot be put off another day. Just five. Not ten. Not twenty. Make it manageable. After the list is done, put it in priority. One through five. The next day you look at that list and do the first thing first. Not the second. Not the thi