Time Management for Mothers

I had been thinking a lot about how we manage the many responsibilities we have as mothers such as teaching the Gospel, diapering, nurturing, and still find time to do the other things that are required of us. Then someone asked the same question in church. I think this is something most mothers spend a great deal of time thinking about.

One person said that we put our children and those things with eternal rewards first, and all other things fall into place or drop out of our lives. We can fill our thoughts with Heavenly things while doing the dishes and while performing other household tasks.

Another person talked about how important it is that we take the necessary time to spiritually nurture our own souls or we can't be the mothers that we need to be. We always need to read our scriptures, pray and attend the temple. There aren't times or periods of our lives where we are excused from doing these things.

Another answer was that we live in a world where everything seems urgent. We are juggling so many balls. We ask ourselves which one we can drop, and then we decide that we can't drop any of them because they are all important. However, when we stop and think about those things that seemed urgent at the time we can't remember many of them. We can remember spiritual impressions that had an impact on our lives and transformed our character. That is where we need to spend our time. (I could not have said that better myself!)