WHO DOES WHAT........Your spouse and your routine.

Here, I am with my routine. The day I posted this question here and started this thread, I was extremely busy and amidst all that this it struck me as to what ILites and their spouses's typical day would be like. Was just curious but too busy to post my side. Anyway, my routine is :-----


ME:

Wake up at 4am
Stretching, yoga till 5 am
Wake up dh at 5am
Make fresh fruit juice for myself and peel oranges for juice for kids and dh till 5:15am
Make breakfast + pack lunch till 5:30 am

Start waking up dd's ....they get up at 5:45am
Finish their work and send off to bus stop or dh drops them at 7am
House empty by 7am
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Check emails, surf internet till 7:30......my relaxation.
While I was working I would start getting ready then and leave at 8:30am.
Now, I stay home so I go for morning walk/gym by 8am
Return at 9/9:15am, If it is the assigned day to do cleaning bathrooms then I will finish that first then go for shower. I have assigned a chore for each day.
Bath/Shower at 9:30/10am
Puja for 5 mins.
Breakfast and Tea then while calling Parents/Sister.
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10/10:30 AM= Check on my to-do list, clear junk and shred unwanted bills, check closets and fix the house over all. Light Vacuuming mostly high traffic areas.

If I need to go out for shopping or library I will start at 10:30/11am and try to be back by 12/1pm for lunch. Otherwise if it is the day I do laundry or other stuff at home then I start by that time and try to finish by lunch time.

12pm OR 1pm is lunch time.
Lunch= Veges made previous night as I have to pack lunch boxes for dh and dds. I just have to make rice/roti.

After lunch I sit with my needle work etc. and start preparation for dinner like cutting veges or kneading dough.

Sometimes, 1:30/45 my friend comes over or I go to her house. We just chat till kids come home while we do our work.
Kids come home by 2;30pm

Kids play till 4pm.
Then we sit for HW ,music practice etc.
Dinner at 7pm, Put kids to bed by 8:30pm then load dishwasher, clean kitchen and cook next day's lunch get into bed by 9pm. Update my to-do list for next day. Read till 10pm then sleep.


DH routine, you can see here is
5am wakes up
stretching yoga exercise and get ready to go to office,breakfast and leave by 7am
comes home by 7pm, dinner at 7:30, watch TV,laptop and then get into bed reads for an hour and sleeps.
He is a HAPPY SOUL!!

Weekends: Almost same for me/dh except that waking up is one hour later. Kids activities, movies, parties, temple etc on weekends.

My weekly assigned chores: Linen laundry on alternate Mondays. Whole house vacuuming every Monday.
Bathroom cleaning is Tuesdays
Ironing for whole family, Kitchen overall cleaning and checking groceries and making shopping list is Wednesdays.
Vegetable and Grocery shopping is Thursdays
Planning on menu for a week and whole family laundry, make snacks on Fridays

Saturdays and Sundays I keep free from all house work so we can have maximum family time.

 

Priya, Thanks!

Actually, Priya, if you practice yoga, then 6 hrs of sleep is enough. Yoga itself gives you so much energy and I have read and heard from yoga practitioners that for a normal, healthy human being 6 hrs of sleep is enough. When I asked couple of yoga practitioners then why do they say 8 hrs of sleep is required they all said the same thing that when you do not have any proper physical exercise be it through yoga, aerobics, or any physical work all these leading to overall workout, then you actually do not have sound sleep. So, normally doctors give you that slack of 1-2 hrs extra which is not required if your body gets really tired out. They also say once you hit the pillow, you need to fall asleep and that is healthy, not tossing and turning.

I forgot to mention that I involve in my kids class voluntary work too so that also takes away so much of my time some days. I am the kind of person who wants to be busy always:spin and dh is just the opposite....:rotfl

Please try yoga....... it will be very helpful in keeping your energy levels balanced!:my2cents

 

GOOD that you are practicing yoga!! Radsahana.
The reason they say early morning is because your mind is calm and even the surrounding is quiet. Also, they say our body is made to work during the day and rest at night. So, to get the maximum output dawn is the perfect time to awaken all your senses.

Anyway, try one small step at a time. Maybe, you can slowly bring back your time each week and finally set it to early morning.

:thumbsup
Sridivya

 

Priya,
I think GOD picks up 2 opposites and makes a match.:biglaugh:biglaugh

Some days, when I am getting out of the bed, usually during weekends, dh just pulls me back and shouts "SLEEP!!!....world is JUST FINE"!!
Once, I wake up I just cannot go back to sleep.....no matter what!:bonk