5 TIPS TO CREATE TIME AND CONSERVE ENERGY!
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
2 + 3 = 5
Math makes things so much easier to see. If you want an outcome other than 5, you have to change one of those variables.
I often find I spend a lot of time getting my son to make his bed, brush his teeth, eat his breakfast, etc. that I waste VALUABLE TIME. Then I get frustrated EVERY morning when he doesn't do what I ask him to do and I am behind on what I wanted to accomplish. Afterward, it takes me a while to get back to the state where I perform at my best.
LESSON: I have to either accept the reality and CHANGE my view about it and not get frustrated or bribe him, just kidding... I'm trying these things now:
Make it a game, write down everything that he has to do, and if everything is completed, he can choose not to make his bed the next day or have a friend over or something along those lines. It could be fun figuring out what works, and I remake his bed anyway as soon as he leaves for school as it's annoying to see how sloppy he makes it. Another idea to try: take five pieces of paper, post-its work great, write down something along the lines of "treat after school," "make your bed," "wipe the table after breakfast," etc and have him close his eyes and pick three each day.
Accept that not every day will this tactic work, but I can try to get more creative when it doesn't.
Make his bed for him if he brushed his teeth within 30 minutes of waking up.
Focus on what I want to get done and let him do whatever. This one may be the hardest, but hey, I love challenges.
Withhold video games and electronics for the day, but then he will probably drive me back to the insanity that I'm trying to avoid.
WHAT DO YOU WASTE YOUR TIME AND ENERGY ON, AND WHAT ARE 3 THINGS YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT?
P.S. Although this famous quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein, who was a genius and his biography is fascinating, it wasn't him who said it. Read more here.