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The Balancing Act

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have a week off coming up, during which I'd like to get through quite a few home improvement projects. To make that week as productive as possible, I'd like to spend time between now and then getting some of the prep work out of the way. I also need to work on a freelance project due around the middle of the month, plus I'd like to spend time on other less-pressing freelance endeavors to earn more money so that we can pay for the home improvement supplies without whipping out the charge cards. Add to that the upcoming consignment sale, which I need to prepare for by going through my daughter's clothes and pricing them.

Oh yeah, I also have regular household chores to do.

I don't know how I'm going to manage to do all of the above between now and then, but I do have a plan, of sorts.

Each Sunday, I plan to make myself a list of daily tasks for the coming week. I hope that will keep me on track and help me to keep my wish list realistic. I don't want to burn myself out so that I feel too tired to get off the couch when my week off finally arrives. I also want to make sure we're having family time as well so that my daughter doesn't forget what I look like.

Hopefully this does keep me moving forward on everything.

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