Organizing My Life, Prioritizing My Marriage {& Link Up}

Do you ever feel as though your life exists somewhere between the lines of your to-do list? Recently, I’ve felt as though I were barely staying above water. Slowly, drowning beneath my work and gasping for air like a guppy fish pulled out of a lake. When my mom called to chat yesterday morning she began with, “So what are you doing?”

“Well, I’m giving my assistant her tasks for the day while simultaneously doing the same with one of my programmers and preparing for a conference call that will begin in just a moment,” was my response. ”Another slow morning for you, eh?” We laughed about it for a moment and then got off the phone so I could begin floundering around just hoping for the day when I’ll finally get caught up.

Then it hit me. I have a lot of work to complete each day, that’s for sure, but I’m not working effectively. My desk is filled with post-it notes, torn off notes, journal pads with checklists and “follow-up” notes to myself. ”There has to be a better way to organize my life!” I thought before searching online for a task management system. I found one. Actually, I found several but was drawn to the one with the funniest name: Toodledo.

I began entering all my post-it notes, follow-up notes, and all the little “to do” items cluttering up my desk and inbox into this online task management tool. And voila! I could finally breathe again. It’s amazing how organizing all the notes around my desk and in my head have allowed me to think so much better today and my stress level dropped by at least 100 points (not kidding).

So if you’re like me, and could use a bit of help in managing your day, find an online tool you like (there’s tons of free ones so I don’t see a reason to pay for one) and begin compiling your “to do” list and feel the enormous sense of accomplishment as you blast through that list checking things off as the day continues. When my stress level is high, it impacts my marriage. How could it not? I’m not the same person when my stress is high and patience is low. So organizing my day is not just about my own sanity, it’s about loving my husband as he deserves, building a better marriage and creating my best life.

Until tomorrow…make it a great day!

Why I Love My Husband (the never-ending list):

157. When I’m short on time or patience, he never makes me feel bad. He simply says, “Just breathe, sweetheart. You’ll get it all done.”

158. He is my business partner and best friend simultaneously. Our brainstorming sessions are some of my favorite times of the day.

159. He’s “all in” when it comes to every aspect of our life, especially, building and creating the life we most desire…together.

160. In the middle of the night, he wears a headset when he gets up to watch TV (he can only sleep in 4 hour increments) to ensure my sleep isn’t interrupted.

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Fawn Weaver

Founder at Happy Wives Club

Fawn Weaver is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of Happy Wives Club: One Woman's Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage, adopting the same name as the Club she founded in 2010. The Happy Wives Club community has grown to include more than 1 million women in over 110 countries around the world. She’s an investor in real estate, tech sector and lifestyle brands. When she’s not writing or working, she's happily doting over her husband of twelve years, Keith (and sometimes manages to do all three simultaneously).