Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and we all want to spoil our Mum as a way to thank her for everything she has done for us over the years. But …
5 reasons why your to do list isn’t working
I love a to do list. I write them often and the majority of the time, they assist me greatly in keeping all the tasks I need to complete under control. There …
Tips For Slowing Down The Pace
This post is part of a my Taking Care Of Mum series. Click here to read more posts in the series. In my weekly newsletter a couple of weeks ago, I shared …
My WDS Experience and Some Questions To Ask Yourself
In last month’s review post, I wrote about taking some time about for rest and creativity. Well I did do just that. I had an amazing time in Portland, Oregan, USA attending …
How Do You Fit It All In?
This is a question asked quite regularly of me. And the answer is pretty simple – I don’t! There are lots of things I don’t get around to doing that I would like to …
Family Life – Mostly Easier
This is an annual post I write here on Planning With Kids. While I write on the blog to share ideas of what we do in our family, to hopefully help other …
Monthly Goal Review – Set Your Weekly Plan
So one month in, how are you now traveling with your goals? Data from the Planning With Kids survey (more on this to come in another post) found that 41% of readers …
What To Do When Feeling Overwhelmed
After my posts on coping with Christmas busyness (here and here), I had a number of emails from readers that while the circumstance were different, they were essentially looking for a solution …
Coping With The Busyness
It is the time of year where it can be difficult to find a spare slot in your calendar and your to do list is continually growing. I spoke recently at a …
5 Tips To Help You Find Time For You
This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. To celebrate the launch of Dettol Touch Of Foam Hand Wash I joined another four fabulous women in Sydney for a special day, where the focus …
Cardio Tennis + Give Away
The winner was: Seana Smith October 24, 2012 at 10:29 pm Hi Nicole, I’d love to do one with my 13 year old son as he’s great fun to exercise with and …
Writing Down Your Week
This post is part of the “What Other Mums Do series” which lets us take a sneak peak into how other mums go about their daily family life. I love blogging, love …
Achieving Your Goals – Group Support
This month and for the rest of the year I am trying something different for my monthly goals review. In the last PWK Newsletter I asked readers if anyone wanted to join …
Our Big Family Evening Routine
Today’s post is from Katie and she is sharing what the evening routine looks like in her family. Katie has previously shared moments of her family’s life on the blog: Our Big …
The Importance of Planning Self-care + Give Away
Congratulations to Deanna – check you inbox! deanna September 07, 2012 at 11:44 am As a mum of 8 i do not get a lot of sparetime just for me that does …
Stop, Look, Listen and Reflect – Mid Year Review
Personal goals, new year’s resolutions, bucket lists, what ever you may have called it, there is a pretty big chance like most of us, you would have set yourself some type of …
Home Office Organisation
Over the last four and a half years, blogging has evolved into my part time work. We are lucky enough that our house has a lovely study, which was fitted out with …
Finding Time For Your Exercise Routine
As you may have read, I just recently completed my first half marathon – 21.1km. If you had said to me last year or even the start of this year I would …