Do your mornings become part of a world that seems to thrive on stress?  Decision-making left until morning? Parents trying to get themselves to work, as well as get their kids off to school? Two hours packed with anxiety-inducing rushing around? Regularly wishing at 7 AM that you had prepped the night before?

Since you already know what needs to be accomplished each morning, execute as many getting-ready-to-go decisions as possible the night before so that you can all easily get through the morning routine.

August is suddenly here!  And with the last month of summer comes the somewhat painful experience of getting the whole family back to a regular schedule — back to making school and work the priority once again.  You can make this whole process go smoothly with good time management.  Most of us already use calendars, in one form or another.  But, have you started using one master calendar for your entire family?  If so, good for you!  You are already on the right track with a tool that everyone can use to communicate demands on time, and to see those overlaps of “free time” to dedicate to family activities.

Whether you use ...