The Unbusy Mom - where your time breaks as a business mom (and why)
You sit down to work -
and get pulled away.
Handle something.
Come back.
But you’re not where you left off.
So you restart.
Try to get back into it.
And by the time you do -
that work block is basically gone.
So it gets pushed.
Or shortened.
Or doesn’t happen.
And the next day starts the same way.
Most people think this is a time problem.
Or a discipline problem.
It’s not.
Your day just isn’t holding what you’re asking it to.
That’s what this podcast looks at.
Where your time is actually going.
Why your work doesn’t fully land.
And what’s breaking underneath your current schedule.
If you’ve been trying to make your days work -
and they don’t quite hold -
you’ll see why here.
➡️ If your day still isn’t holding, it’s not because you need a better routine. It’s because something in your structure isn’t visible yet. The Human Design Productivity Audit is where we find it: https://yourunbusylife.com/human-design-reading/
The Unbusy Mom - where your time breaks as a business mom (and why)
Introverts, businesses, alone time, plus 5 kids in the mix?!
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
You’re thinking: I’ve got an entire van-ful of kids - I won’t get peace and quiet again for another twelve years!
Me as mom of 5: Are you the grown-up, or are they??
I mean, I get that they’re loud. I get that that many kids make a LOT of messes.
But who said they get to run all over you?
Disobey whenever you ask them to bring their dishes to the sink?
“Forget” to hang up the towel on the floor?
Here’s where you need to turn the cultural “mom serves the family” narrative around and be the boss your kids need (so you can keep showing up for your business).
You’ve got this!
Alyssa
Love your daily life as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/
Subscribe to your weekly Mompreneur Life Made Easy!
If your days keep filling up - but the work that actually matters still isn’t moving - that’s not a time management issue.
It means something in your day isn’t holding.
And it will keep happening until you see where.
That’s what this is for. This FREE Human Design Productivity Audit shows you:
- Where your time is breaking
- Why your current way of working isn’t sticking
- And the one shift that changes it
Start here: https://yourunbusylife.com/human-design-reading/
This is the Unbusy Mom, and today we’re talking about introverts, alone time, plus 5 kids in the mix - and no, I’m not crazy!
POV: I have a bunch of kids, so I won’t get peace and quiet again till they’re out of the house. Help me get through the next ten years!
Me as coach: Um, are you the grown-up, or are they?
I mean, I get that they’re loud. I get that they make messes.
But who said they get to run all over you? Disobey whenever you ask them to bring their dishes to the sink? Hang up the towel on the floor?
YOU’RE the adult. They obey YOU.
You have to actually ENFORCE your daily recharge time, not just run around attending to the latest client messages in Voxer or seeing what your VA needs from you in Slack - ‘cause THAT’S a never-ending inbox-whack-a-mole game.
(Which you already know.)
But what you NEED right now is the permission to knock it off, NOT check back in till your time slot for it tomorrow, and TAKE that no-guilt listen-to-podcasts time - because it isn’t gonna happen if you don’t make yourself take time for it.
No one’s coming along checking up on you like the selfcare police. (Did you put your phone down and take a walk today? No? Then I’ll handle the kids and you go right out.) Nope - that’s up to YOU.
See, this mindset is what I lean on when my 6 and 8 year olds are zooming in and out of the living room (which they’re not supposed to be during quiet time), because they’re always “on their way” to something approved like taking a drink or going outside, and I’m starting to feel snappish and crazy.
No, they AREN’T respecting my afternoon work time boundary, and whose fault is that? Mine!
So who needs to restate something about it, TO them, instead of expecting their noise level to magically settle down? Again, me!
And when I do that, the resentment calms down immediately, *I* get my peace and quiet back, and THEY get the reminder they needed (that even though drinks are permitted, being respectful of quiet hours is still included).
So start thinking about WHAT you want from your day, HOW you can get it, and what THEY need to be doing to make that come true.
It CAN happen for you – I promise.