How to do it all - the most requested podcast

When I asked for podcast subject suggestions a few weeks ago, this one came up a bit. ‘How do you do it all?’ ‘How do you fit everything in?’ and similar questions. The thing is, I do do a LOT, but everyone does, and while it might all look like plain sailing on the outside, be in no doubt that I am wiggling my legs, peddling hard, and getting as frustrated as the rest of you. So here’s my take on how to do it all. And some little hacks I’ve picked up along the way.

How to do it all…

In this week’s episode of the Small & Supercharged Podcast I talk about how to ‘do it all’ – but also please be aware that as I type this I am cringing. Because while I know I do a lot, I don’t feel that I have this nailed. At all. I mean, I feel like I’m spinning plates and running around like a headless chicken most of the times and it can feel chaotic from where I’m sitting. But apparently this was an area that you wanted to hear about… so here we go…

So first up – I don’t do it all. Because I work for myself the work/life line is basically blurred so I have help with childcare (the children go to nursery and I have help from my mother-in-law and husband with them) and that affords me time to crack on with some focused work.
I talk about when the children were just born and the level of help I had then. People regularly labelled me as superwoman and I am not at all. I just have help that gives me time to crack on with the big stuff and the services/products/events that you see.
Delegation. I am nowhere near as good at delegation as I should be but I do delegate aspects of my life out to other people. When you work for yourself, the work/life line becomes blurred, so while I know having a cleaner for the house is definitely a life based delegation, it does free up time I can spend better on my business. And I’m rubbish at cleaning. It brings me no real joy on an ongoing basis.
Slow cooking, batch cooking and meal planning. Every flipping evening we would argue about what to have for dinner. Seriously. I’d always be madly trying to finish something and want to ‘just’ finish this or that before trying to work out what to cook for dinner. Now we meal plan, batch cook and use the slow cooker. I swear it’s a game changer.
Online shopping. Game changer. I do go into town about once a month to go to Aldi and stock up, but each week we get an online delivery that means I don’t have to waste time shopping with two small children.
Podcasts, audio books are great ways to learn new things, be inspired and stay motivated. And it’s a great time hack as I can listen when I’m walking or in the car so I can learn when I’m doing something else.
Exercise. If you don’t look after yourself, you won’t be able to do it all at all. In addition to walking just for the sake of it, I do also take quite a lot of phone calls when I walk, so rather than sitting still taking a call in the office I try and walk and chat.
Stop comparing. On social, lots of people show their highlight reels, so if you’re comparing yourself to this and that makes you feel like you’re failing – stop it. You don’t know the backstory or how much the person you’re idolising/whose content is making you feel like crap is struggling. If that’s the case – just delete/block/unfollow. It’s better.
Go easy on yourself. It will all go to hell in a hanging basket some days – that’s life. Don’t beat yourself up – you just have to go again tomorrow when you can.