How To Manage Time For Crafting??

Hi, It's more than 2 weeks since my last blogpost. Yeah, you know as a working mum and teacher at the same time it's quite difficult to find time to sew all the headbands. I start my sewing hobby somewhere around Mac 2011 until 2012. And then I stop for 2 years,(almost 3 years actually!) The most difficult thing to do is finding  balance with my family and work.

I get married in 2012, and I live with my parents. I still can find the balance with my schoolwork, and crafting. But when I get pregnant, deliver my first baby, live with my husband, it’s quite difficult to find the right time to sew. I just have the time for schoolwork and my family only. Managing my time for crafting is really difficult during that time.

That’s why I stop for a long time. But I just can’t give up. I still love looking around ETSY and want to open a shop. Without a sewing machine, I sew with my hands until I deliver my second baby, a daughter. I sew a headband for my daughter with my hands.  And from there I finally get an idea, why don’t I sew a baby headband! Small, cute, easy to sew and lightweight! Easy to carry everywhere I go, just glue, sew a bit and it’s done!

I make at least one baby headband per day or more. I’ll make sure the headband is neat, quality materials, and look beautiful when wearing. So how I find or manage my time to do all the crafting works?

 Everyone of us have 24 hours per day. So every minute is important. For example, if I have 1 hour to finish my work, I try to finish it earlier 45-50 minutes. So I have 10 minutes free time to continue my sewing work. Divide your time into 4 grids, the urgent, not urgent, important and not important like the picture below:

 

Picture from google

After dividing my tasks, I can figure out where to get my free time:

1.  I sew when my baby is sleep, (15 minutes)
2. When I waiting for my husband after work, (15 minutes)
3. During school recess time (15 minutes)
4. At work, when there is no class/schoolwork (15 minutes)

 My New Headband

So I get at least 1 hour per day! Yeah, maybe it's slow to finish all the headbands, but at least I still have new headbands. So, how about yours? Any tips how to manage your time?