Woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!

The Surface Pro is a tablet with a keyboard that works like a computer. But it's small and light. 🙂

Beautiful journals! 🙂

Love all of these Jenny! I actually miss those little found spaces in a day with children for getting a little reading done--I too think it boosts and organizes your brain. Endless hours are not always your friend. Interesting use of Fibit! What is a Surface Pro?

But the things I do that save the most time on a daily basis are these:

1. I gave up TV when my daughter was born. If I was going to write, work the day job and be a good wife and mother, something had to give. That something was TV.

2. I read while I eat. This lets me fully relax and eat more slowly and take an actual break. Reading usually gets me over that tired feeling. It's almost better than caffeine.

3. I make "big pot" foods at least once a week to save cooking time later. Chili, soup, jumbalaya and spaghetti are always at least a triple batch. The rest gets frozen or reheated for a few days as lunches and another dinner.

4. I do the majority of my social media on the go. By using my phone for social meda and reading, and by keeping a paper copy of my latest writing task with me, I can work while I'm waiting on my child. Anyone who has hung out with kids knows there is a LOT of waiting time - practices, school lines, doctors appointments. I look forward to those times now as moments to get stuff done.

I also keep my Surface Pro on me whenever I'm going around town, in case I find a spare hour when I can write. But I'm much more likely to give up sleep than something else that I want to do. My FitBit helps. If you wear it - it tells you how much you slept. It has helped me average about 7 hours a night, which is the sweet spot for me. 🙂

OMG, you even did math in your SLEEP, Fae? Your brain is astonishing. I can't even do math all that well when I'm awake.

And you have several new journals to do this with. 🙂

Amen! Love your wisdom, Kathryn!

The massage I would adore. The heated pad? Maybe a younger or older version of me would love it, but for the past 18 years my thermostat has been out of control lol! I'm glad you found something that works for you, though, and thanks for sharing it here for others, Jeanne!