I would set office hours. I am not saying an eight to five. Maybe set a couple hours in the morning and couple in the afternoon and a couple in the evening. All between time would be for your house or hunny bunny. Balance is one of the hardest parts of motherhood. I have found myself scheduling a trip to the park with Aiden or a movie into my schedule. Sometimes writing it down makes you have to be accountable. Good Luck Love!

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Ok I have no helpful suggestions whatsoever. I just want to give the most biggest, most enthusiastic, most standingest Valentine's Day ovation for a husband who does laundry, dishes and major housecleaning. Go Mr. Jessica Knows! You rock beyond all measure of comparison. And I trust that you two will absolutely be able to figure out how to strike a balance. Seems to me that recognizing the problem is a big part of the solution. My latest tactic for spending more quality time with hubby is TV dates. We've been tivoing our faves, actually getting a bit behind because of travel and work, and are now scheduling TV marathon nights on the couch which are totally enjoyable and wicked cheap.

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Hey Jessica, I just thought I'd take a quick second to share my first thought about this with you. I don't know if you've been to this site but you have to check it out: http://myblessedhome.blogspot.com/2008/10/home-management-binder-101.html#article

Her point is a home management binder. She schedules her day almost down to the minute from 7am to midnight. For you your schedule would differ greatly since you have a great hubby to help you with your housework, buy my point is to try and schedule your day. Plan work time, twitter time, play time with your son, chores, cooking, blogging, etc. I'm sure it's something that will need much adjusting over time as you see what works for you and what doesn't, but there is just so much to say about a schedule that keeps you in line.

I have never been much for a schedule but found that after I put one in place I was much happier about what I ACTUALLY accomplished during the day. I felt successful! It was well worth the time it took me to jot it all down.

Just my 2 cents. I hope it helps you.

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Oh yeah...I forgot to mention that I NEVER accomplished everything on my list and I certainly didn't get it done at the EXACT time I planned on doing it, but it was GREAT to have a plan. Even if I didn't execute it perfectly. :-)

Girl this post speaks to me because my passion for my work spills over too and is easy to get out of balance. Am up right now doing some blog catch up on a family vaca while everybody is still being lazy! I wish I had some helpful tips but I suffer from the same work/life issues at times and if you find any, let me know. BTW, so great to meet you IRL at Blissdom09, let me gush once again.

See, and you had me fooled. I was going to ask this same question at Bissdom and just never had the chance. I wanted to know how you balanced it all and I'm, well, sorta happy that even pros like you struggle. I was thinking it was some formula that I just haven't quite figured out.

My 'good' days are the ones where I schedule my day out the night before down to the 15 min. That way I get in a trip to the gym, and even a little housework in addition to work and social online stuff.

This is a reminder that I should try and do that every night.
But if you figure out the formula, let me know!

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The entire past year the learning curve was straight up for me. I moved from a web site to a blog. The creative juiced started flowing and the more I read (copious amounts daily) the more I learned. The more I learned, the more I wanted to implement.

The end results have been 5 blogs that have survived my insanity. Of those, one is doing really well. Twitter came, time sucked me dry and I now visit ever now and again. I do use TwitterFeed for my blog posts.

This year my goals are similar to yours -- gain control, focus and continue to grow that which I have started. Too bad real life gets in the way but I'll deal with it as it comes.

My way to keep the house clean has always been and is still fairly simple. When I go from room to room I look to see what can go from the den to the kitchen, trash, dirty clothes etc. I try to be in the habit of putting everything away as I am done with it. When I get up, no sooner have my feet hit the floor that the bed it made. When cooking, I start by emptying the dishwasher and continually clean while cooking so that when I sit down for a meal, only the dishes in use are out and all the rest of the kitchen is already cleaned. For bathroom cleanup, I keep Clorox wipes handy, Windex and Scrubbing Bubbles. Three steps and I am done. I split it up and do the mirror, the next the potty, the next the sink...one each time I visit. Clean the shower at the beginning of your shower.

Last thing at night, I start the D/W, washer, dryer and the Roomba and let the machines work while I sleep. BUT, the real plan is to earn enough to easily pay for a housekeeper to come in and do what I ordinarily put off or my hubby does when I slack. In fact, I built a blog last week -- "http://channelingjunecleaver.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Channeling June Cleaver"!!! I use to be her with a full time job. Now I just want to be her with a bunch of blogs and a housekeeper to help me.

Not a lot is working to get me off the computer. I keep trying!

Ginger

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I agree with the others...scheduling really helps. That is, if I stick to it!

I too found my life dominated by my laptop, and went on a 60 day fast. I couldn't open my laptop for three hours after I got up in the morning. That was hard at first--I wake up with things I want to blog on my mind. (My work mind almost never turns off.) So instead, I forced myself to spend the first three hours of every day focused solely on house and home. Know what? It wasn't that hard. I started to relax, and found that when it came to the two hours I had scheduled for work every morning, I got many fewer interruptions and actually got more done. So I did the same in the evenings--set hours when I couldn't open the laptop. Between 6 (about the time my husband comes home) and our nightly 'date' (15 minutes to ourselves after the kids go to bed, just to catch up and chat), no computer allowed. My husband was then happy to leave me to my laptop till the wee hours of the night. I was more productive, and a lot more balanced!

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I am in the same boat. When my husband leaves work, he can walk away from it. When you work from home, it's always there. It is very hard to establish those boundaries; I have trouble with it, too.

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I am so bad about this too. The kids hate it. No man yet so I better get it under control if I ever want one, LOL. I'll be reading your ways to fix the workaholic problem. You're the best!

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