Oh wow! I have been a major procrastinate and i would find myself falling short in my daily schedules. The best thing is to notice that you procrastinate a lot and work on changing that.

Here this does not work especially for a mom! Or anyone.

  • It will cause you a lot of stress
  • You will be off balance
  • There will come a point where you really feel out of control
  • You will be depressed
  • Moment from moment you will feel like a failure.
  • You will yell a lot when under pressure
  • You will be modelling it to your children unaware.
  • You will miss out on opportunities

Some people say procrastination is a dream killer and i agree. Nothing will make one person disorganised than to procrastinate. It will put you behind schedule in everything that you do.

Let us look at it from a mothers perspective.

It will cause you a lot of stress

One thing is time needs very good management and once it keeps slipping off from you then it means there will be a pile of work that will remain unattended. This causes me so much anxiety and stress as i am pretty sure you can relate and the worse part is that it becomes a habit. For a mom days can be messy from a cluttered house with toys all over until you find a way to to tidy your space.

You may miss a couple of times from your day schedule like tidying your house but if it becomes a habit even your mind will start being cluttered and make you feel less attractive and less capable than you are.

You might also want to take a look here so you can help each other with the children to maintain a clean home as your children grow Household chores for your children and involving them

Keep an organised tidying schedule and ask for help from your children as they tidy their own toys depending on how old they are.

You will be off balance

Maintaining a good balance in life is necessary for everyone in life. How much more when you are responsible for other people's lives. You need to balance well between work, home life and your social life.

Planning your life with the time you have and actually fulfilling what you have planned will help you relax more because you have much less to worry about.

For us moms its meal planning for the entire week/month which includes many meals for each day for your entire family. One of the reasons i quit social media for sometime was to discipline myself to accomplish many things for my family without depleting all my time on social media.

It takes discipline to focus on what is in front of you because there are many distractions.

You may feel out of control from time to time

You are a parent, already that can humble you in so many ways. You feel out of control from time to time, especially when happens when you have piled so much work that your schedule becomes really hectic. See postSurvival tips for working moms.

Piling work does not help unless you are really under so much pressure and you just need to cope for that time only. Avoid turning this into a habit though. You will see on the post on the link that i emphasize on tackling work as it comes! Avoid leaving it for the next say because it may frustrate you.

It may cause depression if too many things pile up

Let us look at it this way! What motivates you and reminds you how valuable you are? Achieving or finishing tasks you actually told yourself to tackle. So what happens@when you are constantly falling short? It tricks your mind into believing you are unworthy!

Depression is not good place to be and procrastination can lead to such results and its harder to come out from that place of depression.

I often emphasize spending time doing the things that you love as a mom. This helps pump fuel into pursing all things that make your life so much better. It reminds you that you have a purpose in life. How much more is this important in life when you are raising children.

Children absorb your character so much, the way you respond to life children copy that and they live it.

That makes it so important for a parent to ponder if possible each week!

  • Am i teaching my children what i want them to know?
  • Am i modeling the life i desire my children to live when they are grown up and not depart from it?
  • Am i spending quality time with my family?
  • Are we modeling a good relationship a marriage should be to our children?
  • How can i improve our lives?
  • Get direction from God to cover all these areas and more because what you are limited at, the spirit of God knows all things.

Moment to moment may make you feel like a failure

This is not a nice feeling at all, i have felt like this from time to time. This happens when you procrastinate a lot. This is because all your activities overwhelm you when you pile them up and not tackle them as they come. This goes back to the point that you may be prone to depression.

The wonderful things is this can be avoided. I know the demands of being a parent and i have learnt too that there are means of accomplishing tasks.

Stay ahead as mom

  • For as long as its possible wake up earlier than your family, pray, read, exercise, plan, meditate, improve a skill, schedule work and family time.
  • Write it down, journal your tasks and tick them as you accomplish them.
  • Know what motivates you to accomplish your tasks, know when you are most active and take advantage of that.
  • Watch other families you admire, engage with how they do things and let that motivate you that it is possible to stay ahead of time.

Being under pressure makes you a yelling mom

Ofcourse there are moments you will try to bring order to your household by speaking with a firm voice but not all the time. When a parent yells too much it is not good for the children and the family as a whole because it may bring discord between the members.

Avoid this by tackling tasks as they come and purpose in your heart to enjoy your family.

You can model procrastination to your children unaware

Like i mentioned earlier! Procrastination is a habit that you model to your children whether you are ware or not.

Engage the Holy Spirit in such things because most times we walk unaware and need God to guide us on our journey as parents.

You will miss out on opportunities

Ladies and gentlemen this is true, you will not take advantage of opportunities because these come in different times and seasons.

When opportunities come they need to find you ready to take them and run with them. You can never be able when you are not ready at all.

What makes one to be ready for opportunities?

  • Never stop learning
  • Creating time
  • Consistency in your roles
  • Self development
  • Knowing what you want for your family and for yourself

I trust this has been helpful to help you create the life you desire for yourself and your family

Do not hesitate to let me know which topics are loved by you so i continue to publish the kind of content that is most helpful to you.

Wrapped in love!

Futhi Mkhwanazi

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