Time: A Guide for the Busy Babywearing Educator

When you’re balancing family life, household responsibilities, and a growing babywearing business, time can feel like something you’re constantly chasing. Everything feels urgent, and the days fill up long before you ever reach the things you want to work on.

The truth is, most of us don’t actually need more time.
We need a clearer picture of how we’re using the time we already have…and a system that helps us reclaim the pockets that get lost in the chaos.

This time of year, there’s a natural momentum that makes this a perfect time to audit your time and make room for change in the coming year.

Two foundational practices help you get a grip on your “right now” so you can move forward with more intention and less overwhelm.

1. Capture everything in one place

Before you can create order, you need to see the full landscape.
Most of us are walking around with dozens of tasks in our heads, sticky notes on the fridge, reminders buried in emails, and mental to-dos that pop up at the worst possible times.

Capturing everything (yes, everything) in one place is a way of giving your brain a break.

This doesn’t need to be elegant. A sheet of paper, a notes app, anything that lets you empty out the mental load you’ve been carrying. Write down the errands, the lingering tasks, the family to-dos, the business ideas, the “I should probably deal with that” loose ends. Don’t evaluate them yet, just gather them.

Once you can see the full picture, it becomes easier to sort out what actually matters. Some things can be deleted entirely. Some belong on a short-term radar. Some you can hand off. Simply getting it all in one place often brings more clarity than you expect.

2. Look honestly at your current routine

Most people try to fix overwhelm by adding more structure. But often, the real shift comes from noticing what your routine already looks like: not the version you wish you had, but the one you’re actually living.

Where do your days feel rushed?
Where do you consistently lose time without realizing it?
Where are you trying to work against your natural rhythm?

Sometimes a single adjustment opens up more breathing room than a total overhaul. It might be something like moving focused work to a different time of day, prepping for the day the night before instead of a whole week on Sunday evening, or getting a family member involved so the load isn’t solely on you.

Small changes are powerful when they’re realistic.

They also stick better than dramatic plans that fall apart after a week.

These shifts aren’t about perfection.

They’re about grounding yourself, creating space, and finding steadiness in a life that has a lot of moving parts.

When you capture your to-dos and take a clearer look at your routine, you often discover pockets of time and energy you didn’t realize were there. And when those pockets add up, you suddenly have the capacity to work on your business with less stress and more intention.

This is the kind of work that makes everything else possible.