Time Management 101, Rachel Olson

I posted this series in December of 07 ... for the most part I'm still practicing my own advice. What a novel concept! :)

I get TONS of requests on info on how I do everything, so ... I'm sharing a few Time Management tips for balancing family, hubby, life, job, friends, house, etc. Basically this is how I keep my sanity!

I'll be sharing advice from my friends and a few things I've done that have WORKED...like this:

Rachel Olsen from Proverbs 31 has agreed to answer a few questions on this subject!

1. Rachel, THANK YOU so much for joining me. Can you tell me a little about yourself?
My pleasure, Tricia. I am a wife of 15 years, a mother of two, a national women's speaker, a university teacher, and senior editor of an online daily devotional and a devotional book called God's Purpose for Every Woman. All that to say, basically, I'm a word-geek!

2. I know that as a mom, writer, speaker, editor, teacher -- we must be filled up before we can pour out? How do you do this "filling up" in your ordinary daily life?
The main way that I fill up spiritually is by regularly taking time to connect with God through His Word and prayer. Sounds like a "pat answer," but it is true. In fact, I wrote some about how I do that on my blog. Another thing that also does it for me is to immerse myself in the beauty of His creation - like walking at the nearby beach or through the woods - with my thoughts on Him and all I'm grateful for.

Creatively, I have to get away from my computer long enough to live my life and engage with the people around me. To go to the park with my kids, to strike up a conversation with a stranger at the bakery, to volunteer to help out in my church; or just to people-watch at a café or coffee shop. All this helps fuels my mind for writing. If I'm too busy writing to live my life, something is out of alignment.

Read the rest here!