Making Time For What Matters Most
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Crystal Paine shares her four-step system that can help moms feel less frazzled and have more room to breathe in your everyday life. She says that moms should pray for their day, prioritize their goals, plan out their time, and prep for new routines.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Jim Daly here. Today's cultured deeply needs help, but in times like these, the light of Christ can shine even brighter. |
| 0:07.0 | So be encouraged to share his light in this broken world. Listen to the refocus with Jim Daly podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Without time limitations, I'll have deep heartfelt discussions with fascinating guests who will encourage you to share God's grace, truth and love. |
| 0:22.0 | Check out the podcast at refocuswithjimdaly.com or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.0 | 95% of my time being a mom and the rest I am at work. Even though I have a full-time job, I'm always a mom. My kids call me at work, but I'm also a mom to those at work a lot of times too. |
| 0:46.0 | Okay, I spend eight hours at work a day. Come home. Dinner, homework, baths. |
| 0:52.0 | I definitely work more than I have one on one time with the kids. And during the weekends, full-time mom. |
| 0:59.0 | Try to get a workout in. Spend an hour, hour and a half. |
| 1:04.0 | Busy moms know what that's like. Trying to fit everything into the to-do list and juggling more responsibilities than they can count. |
| 1:12.0 | If you're a busy mom or you know a busy mom who wishes she had more hours in the day, this episode of Focus on the Family is for you. |
| 1:20.0 | Your host is Focus President and author Jim Daly and I'm John Fuller. |
| 1:24.0 | You know, John, I want to give a lot of credit to my wife, Jean, who managed those parenting years so well. |
| 1:31.0 | When I think back on it, you know, I was working hard and I had a lot of responsibility here at Focus, which is really no excuse. |
| 1:38.0 | But you know, Jean just, she batten down the hatches to care the home and got the kids off to school and all the things that needed to be done, all the boo-boos and entertainment. |
| 1:49.0 | And really one of the things she did so well, you know, she didn't like screen time for the kids. |
| 1:54.0 | So I mean, keeping their imagination going, having them in the basement, building things and all the erector sets and all the other things that we ended up getting to keep their little minds thinking of creative ways of using their time. |
| 2:07.0 | It was just awesome, but the strain was there. I'm kind of painting the perfect picture, but there was strain. |
| 2:13.0 | I often struggled to have enough time and energy to get through the day that maybe where you're at in this program is going to be for you. |
| 2:20.0 | I remember one of the amazing things I got home one time, you know, six o'clock, which was a typical time for me arriving. |
| 2:27.0 | And I didn't even get my foot in the door. She was already at the door with the two boys and she said, okay, I'm done for the day, they're yours. |
| 2:33.0 | I was like, okay, maybe I could, you know, change my clothes. I don't care what you're going to do. You're just going to take them right now. |
| 2:40.0 | So I knew that day was the end of the road for her. |
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