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Time To Parent by Julie Morgenstern: A Book Review

Time To Parent:  Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You by Julie Morgenstern is a book that is guaranteed to help parents who are struggling with fitting in all the things into their busy lives.  Morgenstern breaks down the information in a manner that made me feel like the framework she suggests is doable.  This motivated me to immediately give it a try.

Children spell love T.I.M.E, so it is worth being intentional about how you spend your time.  You work so hard to be the best parent you can possibly be.  This book shows parents how to work smarter not harder when it comes to what we do with our time.

Time to Parent is unlike anything I have read when it comes to parenting advice.  In my opinion, this book will be on the New York Times Best Seller List just like Morgenstern’s previous book.  What I love most about the book is that Julie is REAL about how hard parenting can be, but she supports parents in a way that will make it seem less hard.

My second favorite thing about the book is that Julie’s approach to organizing our time is designed around a person’s unique way of thinking, natural habits, and goals.  In other words, you can apply her approach to your own parenting beliefs and vision.

Third, the time management tips that Julie gives away in this book are PRICELESS!  If parents only did the time management tips … Read the rest

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10 Easy Ways to Slow Down Time

How can I slow down time? No, we can’t really stop time or turn it back for that matter.  Unfortunately.  But there are steps we can take to be more present in our lives and find joy in more moments.

“The time goes by so fast,” followed by parenting advice was the number one thing people repeated when I went public on being pregnant.  To be honest, I was really tired of hearing it.  I kept wondering why people stated something that seemed negative instead of an excited, “Congratulations!”

Now that I’m 5 years into this, I couldn’t agree more.  I find myself telling people the same thing, and then almost grabbing my mouth when I realize I’m doing the same thing to their enthusiasm of a new child on the way that others did to mine.  But you may as well go into it with realistic expectations and expecting time to FLY by once you become a parent is realistic.

I wasn’t sure what happened.  I used the same clocks I used during the B.C (before children) years.  They seemed to move pretty slowly or just the right speed back then.  Once I had kids, it seems the fast-forward button is stuck!

 

 

After some research, I found that the reason time seems to speed up actually has to do with aging and the messages our brain sends to us about its perception of our time.  If you are interested in the explanation, you can find an in-depth … Read the rest

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