It is official! My weeks have turned into 2 day weeks! You know, all of you out there recognize the stress and strain of our world – Monday through Saturday is just one day, then, if we are lucky…….we get Sunday.

More than ever today, time is slipping past us like water down the drain. It’s time to STOP, LOOK and LISTEN and re-gain some of those lost minutes, hours and days! I say, it’s time to meet this challenge head on! The simple formula for stress relief IS SIMPLE, or can be. It’s called scheduling. Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh! Don’t say it too loud…that one word brings out fear, trepidation and anxiety. Most of us feel our lives are already too scheduled. What I am talking about here, is taking back your time – one minute of it at a time.

We spend every waking day working for someone else, cleaning the house for others, cooking for others, answering the phone for others, driving someone somewhere and it goes on and on and on…STOP! Just take a big deep breath. Relax and take these very easy steps:

1. Sit somewhere quiet with a blank calender, or even a blank sheet of paper. Whatever you use to get done all the things you do.

2. Close your eyes and just think about the upcoming week. I’m not talking about everyone else in your life, not even your job…just you.

3. Now, open your eyes and write down 3 things you would like to accomplish this week. I am talking about personal goals.

4. Take those 3 goals and write out how and when you are going to accomplish those goals.

5. Don’t forget to schedule times when you will have quiet time. Time when you will shut off everything – even your phone – and just think.

Re-scheduling your time in this way will help you feel more in control, more like you can accomplish everything life demands of you. And you won’t believe how much you will get done during the week! You will feel like you have accomplished something rather than feel frazzled and out of control. Better yet, you won’t feel resentment toward your loved ones, your boss, or anyone else you normally spend your time taking care of.

Try it! Let me know how it goes….

Hi!  My name is Willa.  Welcome to my home and what I hope becomes your cyber, everything home related, Willa approved, family training center.  I’m thrilled you’ve signed on to let me help you navigate the mine field of the ‘family hood’…..every page of it!  There’s no place like it on earth and no where more important to humanity than that place we all call home.  And yet, there’s not a university on the planet that offers a degree in Motherhood, Fatherhood or any other related family ‘hood’.  When I had my first baby, the first thing I was handed was a tiny little human being.  No manual.  No instructions.  No pre-requisite training.  I left that hospital with a new title that carried with it the weight, responsibility and expectations of the entire world on my shoulders…….maintain my individuality, work a job and maintain a clean/happy home while raising a law-abiding, productive citizen – you know, the motherhood thing.

Main stream ad agencies, television and professional promoters have really done a job on us!  They’ve convinced us that we’re not educated enough, degreed enough or smart enough to solve the problems we face every day in our homes.  That we must pay an unrelated third party or take a pill to solve our personal and family related issues.  And yet, in all my motherhood, grandmother ‘hood’ years I have never gone to a doctor, attorney or any other professional and had them follow me home, help me implement their advice then stay long enough to experience the outcome! Well….today is a new day!  1 on 1 Parenting with Willa is real help with real people and real answers!  And…I will stay with you every step of the way.

I’m so excited about this new experience we will be taking together! You will be able to come with me through my home, 1 on 1 Parenting, on a daily basis and get the latest information YOU need.  Chat with me on my blog, talk with our on-call Doctor, nurse and other professionals that see things the way I do – from a Mom’s perspective.  And just wait until you hear the MUSIC!! I can’t wait until you hear our featured artists and the music they’ve written especially for you and your family!  

Well, there’s just too much to tell you about right now, right here…you’ll just have to come inside with me.  Come on…and remember…if it’s not ‘Willa’ approved, it’s not Mom approved!