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Overwhelmed? How to Deal with “Doing It All”
by Daisy Dowling
Quick Takes
- Identify a clear goal for the future
- Align your time with your priorities
- Turn down tasks that don’t contribute to your goal
- Keep a list of completed tasks
- Give yourself some downtime
Revise budget numbers. Parent-teacher conference Wednesday. Edit the marketing overview document. Finish summer camp applications. Give candidate interview feedback to HR. Grocery run—we’re out of everything. Start drafting quarterly forecast. Call the roofer for the estimate. Organize team strategy session. Schedule kids’ flu shots. Get back to Robin and Liu on IT plan. Get Tommy ready for math test tomorrow . . .
If you’re a working mother, chances are excellent that at any given time, ...
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