Friday, June 12, 2009

Big project organising - the babies

Whoever thought you just fall pregnant, have a lovely glow and a bump to show off and 9 months later you have babies is sadly mistaken.

that would be me, by the way

Having babies involves serious project management and LOADS of decisions.

  • which pram?
  • which car seats?
  • do we want one cot or two?
  • who will deliver them?
  • at which hospital?
  • what about classes to show us what to do?
  • what do we buy?
  • can you be a minimalist
  • how do you sort out the babies' room?
  • etc
  • etc
The list seriously goes on and on and I've been threatening to do a master to-do list although it felt a bit...I don't know... cold when you think these are BABIES.

Nevertheless, I realised something had to be done because people would ask me things and I'd say "I don't know" or "haven't thought about it yet", which gets old really quickly.

So I caved and used one of my master to-do lists in the Organising Success Pack

And do you know what? It's not as bad as I thought.

There were only 16 items on there.

Which reinforces what I always tell my clients - write it down; it's usually much worse in your head than on paper :)

Do you use master to-do lists? How do you keep tasks on big projects organised in your mind?

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2 comments:

Ila K. said...

Make your list! When there are two babies, your need to be organized is even greater, and you'll be glad you did.

I was always irritated when people I'd meet would say "I'm glad it's you and not me." After 20 years with my twins, I would say to them, "I'm glad, too!"

Best wishes.

Marcia Francois said...

Ila, hello!

Thanks for visiting and yes, i feel exactly the same as you do - very blessed to have these twins :)

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