Often we don't move forward because there are things in the way, and we are afraid to take action. The argument that "everyone has the same 24 usable hours in a day" clearly was not a mother! Do any of these sound familiar?

Every mom understands what it’s like to feel overwhelmed. We are responsible for so many things, and we can’t keep track of our priorities. Why are we so busy, but we still feel like we just can’t get anything done? Three things I do almost every day to save my sanity and feel productive.

For the last three years, I stopped giving out candy to create a more inclusive Halloween. Weird, right? It can be costly to find some alternatives to traditional candy. Depending on your budget and how many kids are coming to your door, you may want to consider some non-food options, too. Here are some of my best tips:

I felt irritable over something I had once lept at the chance to take on. The tension was building. I was overloaded, and it was showing in my home life. Something had to change.

Every mom understands what it’s like to feel overwhelmed. We are responsible for so many things, and we can’t keep track of our priorities. Why are we so busy, but we still feel like we just can’t get anything done? Three things I do almost every day to save my sanity and feel productive.

I might even give into chocolate or wine cravings because I had a bad day and I earned it. But the more I spiral into my self-pity party and reward my sorry attitude, the slower I am to move past it. It takes some time to realize how I got there, but I usually see at some point that my sinking ship has everyone else on it. Mommy’s miserable day becomes everyone’s miserable day and they did not deserve that.