MAKE TIME TO RENEW IN 2002
Moms Simplify Scheduling for Family Success South Riding, VA - GO MOM !NC released today its latest tips leading Moms to embrace the New Year with a streamlined schedule. The company's founder, Molly Gold, describes the first month of the year as the best time to enact change. "Making positive mothering a daily reality is a life long goal shared by Moms across America" states Gold, who will appear on ABC's Good Morning America in early January and serves as scheduling expert for www.BlueSuitMom.com. "We encourage Moms to take January as their month to renew this commitment and initiate family systems that streamline their days, making room for the true joy of family life." Check out GO MOM !NC's tip list for simplified scheduling and family success.Chart Your Course - Nothing like a roadmap to guide you in the right direction! If at 4:00 p.m. daily, 70% of mothers don't know what they are going to make for dinner that evening, 100% know it won't be taken care of for them without planning ahead. Guiding a family requires forethought and structure even for the most spirited of souls. Using a mom-oriented calendar system that provides tracking for all family members schedules and important reference information is the first step in streamlining the mothering paper trail. From completing school registration forms to new doctor visits, menu planning to car pool rosters, using a planner alleviates confusion and encourages success.
Follow Your Family - After adopting a mom-oriented calendar system, sit down with your family to outline the year's activities. Using an advance planning tool, such as an 18-month calendar, Moms can identify over-commitment hot spots where rescheduling will be required to alleviate simultaneous events. Enlist the help of each family member to identify priorities and suggest choices that allow them to enjoy their time and grow. Assess individual schedules using family principles acknowledged by both Mom and partner alike, such as attending a place of worship weekly or enjoying dinner together nightly. By spreading out each family member's activity levels and managing the busier times with additional support systems, the entire family will have a more positive year.
Take Inventory - One major cause of Mom stress is lack of organization at home. For many Moms, being organized is a learned skill. And oddly enough, it is quite possibly the most necessary trait of all when seeking a simplified schedule that leads to family success. January 7, 2002 is National Organize Your Home Day, sponsored by www.organizedtimes.com. This first Monday of the month is all about the New Year's Resolution to be more organized. Plan now to spend January 7, 2002 working through your home to streamline how you live. From organizing the laundry process of hampers, cleaning, folding and putting away, to having a pantry stocked with numerous 15-minute dinner ideas, or having an efficiently laid out mud room with coat hooks and shoe racks to a family in-box on your desk near your planner for each child's school papers. Having a process to accommodate how your family flows through the house will make for a very smooth day and a happier group altogether. And while you're at it, make time in your planner for this type of home focus once every 3 months to keep you on track both inside and out as the seasons change.
Make Time for You - Renew your commitment to care for yourself in 2002. Census Bureau Studies released this fall show for the first time the number of mothers going back to work dropped. This is due in part to the difficult task of achieving work and family balance. Many Moms want to change lives in their work both inside and outside the home, often overlooking that with every minute of every day, they impact the youngsters around them. Making positive mothering a daily reality requires that Mom feels good about herself both emotionally and physically. Carve time out for simple pleasures, like a cup of tea or an early morning run. Create a peaceful corner in your home with candles and treasured objects as your own personal haven to recharge yourself easily. Encouraging those around us to be true to their hearts requires nothing less than the same from ourselves.
GO MOM !NC promotes the use of The The GO MOM!® Planner, an ultimate catchall day planner for everything that is family. With The The GO MOM!® Planner, Moms maintain a family overview while working in personal needs and work obligations around family schedules. Through the promotion of the Planner and its website resources, GO MOM !NC strives to make life easier for moms.
GO MOM !NC is based in Northern Virginia. To learn more about how GO MOM !NC is working to make positive mothering a daily reality, visit www.GOMOMINC.com. For interviews with Molly Gold, call 919.387.3848 or via email.
#END#
