Ep 45 | It's Not the Doing, It's the Deciding: 7 Decisions I Stopped Making Every Day as a Mom

If you're realizing you re-decide everything from scratch every day, take my free What's Keeping You Stuck? quiz. In 2 minutes or less, you'll pinpoint the actual obstacle keeping you feeling busy and behind, plus get resources matched to your result. Free quiz: multiplythefive.com/quiz. It's 7am and you've already decided what's for breakfast, whether it's a socks-required kind of day, what time to leave for the appointment, and whether that toddler's cough is a "stay-home cough" or an "it's just allergies" cough... Dinner is already nagging at you. And you haven't even had your coffee yet. Here's the truth, friend: it's usually not the "doing" that wears a mom down. It's the deciding. In this episode of Time Management for Christian Moms, I'm walking you through decision fatigue for moms and the seven decisions I simply stopped making every day. I made them once, and now I live off of them. That one shift has made me a noticeably calmer mom — and I'm getting really specific, right down to what my kids eat for breakfast every single morning and what day the groceries show up. In this episode, you'll learn: The decide-it-once principle: why re-deciding the same things daily is what's behind that foggy, frazzled, can't-think-straight feeling by 4pm My kids' everyday breakfast (yes, every day) and why the predictability calms them too How I've made meal planning and groceries super simple The laundry decision that's already made (a quick nod to last week's episode) Making errands easier The impact "quiet time" has for our family How Sunday work-block planning multiplies nap-time work hours (letting my project manager side show) How I save time getting ready everyday The best part? These aren't forever decisions. You're deciding for a season. Retiring the small decisions is exactly what frees you up to be flexible and present for what actually matters. Your challenge this week is small: find one decision you keep re-making that turns out the same every time. Decide it once, write it down, and let it run for two weeks. Links + Resources: Take the What's Keeping You Stuck? Quiz: http://multiplythefive.com/quiz Submit to the Calm Discipline Collective FREE Sprint Planning Guide: http://multiplythefive.com/guide FREE Biblical Productivity Planner: http://multiplythefive.com/planner EMAIL me: [email protected] BLOG: https://multiplythefive.com/